[wmfights]

"I took a course once on "tenant's rights" - short answer, they ain't got any, not in Georgia anyhow."
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I'm in the socialist republic of Chicago. Landlord's have no rights. You have to be very careful screening because once they're in even with non-payment it can take 6+ months to get them out and will cost $1,500+.

There was a time when you could serve a ten day notice and the judge would throw them out immediately, but they won't even consider it anymore. FWIW, a 5 day notice is for non-payment, a 10 day notice is very creating problems ie. loud dog, stereo, not taking garbage down etc..

[AnAmericanMother]

Wow - it's a fur piece from CHI to GA . . . in more ways than one.

Around here, the market tends to take care of this sort of problem. The people with problem dogs go live in a dump with the other problem tenants, responsible dog owners live in middle-of-the-road places (or rent a house with a fenced back yard - you can actually find one pretty cheap), and the high-end folks rent one of the really expensive chi-chi places where they don't allow dogs OR children.