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kara · 07-07-2005, 01:06 PM

I was an apartment community manager in Indiana and now work in condo management in florida. I would say go for it, I live at the same condo community that I work at and they don't know that I have Matise 3 lbs. I am smart about it. I just walk him out on the property and not near anyone's patio so they don't complain and he is so tiny, it's not like I am trying to hide a 300 lb. elephent.
We don't go looking for pets. We are way to busy. The only time we act against a resident who has an illegal pet is when the resident does something stupid like come into the office with their pet

. Or if we get a complaint from a neighbor

. Then we send them a notice called a Seven Day to Cure. It lets them know they are in direct violation of their lease and they have 7 days to fix the problem. If they notify us that the problem has been solved or if we have no other complaints in that 7 day period then we do nothing

. If we have complaints during that 7 day period or the property manager is a real stickler then we will send you a Seven Day to Vacate

. Which means you have to prove to us that the problem is 100% resolved then we will stop the process. I tell you this so that you are not misinformed. Not to scare you. If your lease states that you may not have a pet then you may not have a pet and the apartment community is protected in that lease and may inflict upon you the full penalties of that lease violation.
Let me just state again we DO NOT GO LOOKING FOR ANIMALS. Now the one post about the inspections on fire monitors and the such then we do notice the residents a MINIMUM of 24 hours prior to entering then when we are in there we do look for irregular things more for our protection then to be nosy or cause problems for the residents. If someone is messing up their apt. then we have the right to know that they are destroying the apartment and in the lease it will state that we have the right to enter at reasonable times and having noticed the resident. I wish you good luck.
If you have any other questions please feel free to pm me.

Kara & Matise

07-07-2005, 01:06 PM	#24
kara YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Miramar, FL(Origianally a Southern Indiana Girl!) Posts: 302	Apt. Living I was an apartment community manager in Indiana and now work in condo management in florida. I would say go for it, I live at the same condo community that I work at and they don't know that I have Matise 3 lbs. I am smart about it. I just walk him out on the property and not near anyone's patio so they don't complain and he is so tiny, it's not like I am trying to hide a 300 lb. elephent. We don't go looking for pets. We are way to busy. The only time we act against a resident who has an illegal pet is when the resident does something stupid like come into the office with their pet . Or if we get a complaint from a neighbor . Then we send them a notice called a Seven Day to Cure. It lets them know they are in direct violation of their lease and they have 7 days to fix the problem. If they notify us that the problem has been solved or if we have no other complaints in that 7 day period then we do nothing . If we have complaints during that 7 day period or the property manager is a real stickler then we will send you a Seven Day to Vacate . Which means you have to prove to us that the problem is 100% resolved then we will stop the process. I tell you this so that you are not misinformed. Not to scare you. If your lease states that you may not have a pet then you may not have a pet and the apartment community is protected in that lease and may inflict upon you the full penalties of that lease violation. Let me just state again we DO NOT GO LOOKING FOR ANIMALS. Now the one post about the inspections on fire monitors and the such then we do notice the residents a MINIMUM of 24 hours prior to entering then when we are in there we do look for irregular things more for our protection then to be nosy or cause problems for the residents. If someone is messing up their apt. then we have the right to know that they are destroying the apartment and in the lease it will state that we have the right to enter at reasonable times and having noticed the resident. I wish you good luck. If you have any other questions please feel free to pm me. Kara & Matise