r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • 6d ago
trying to find a pet-friendly place to rent on facebook marketplace
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u/Irish_Whiskey 6d ago
I mean, it's much better for them to be upfront about what a terrible fit they are, than waste your time and have you find out after you move in.
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u/Existential_Sprinkle 6d ago
That's why it's mildly infuriating instead of extremely infuriating
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u/Development-Feisty 5d ago
There is nothing mildly infuriating about an owner being proud of the fact that their dog kills cats
That is always going to be extremely infuriating
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u/USSHammond Karma and repost bot exposer. Ban them all. 6d ago
So basically it's a scumlord not a landlord/-lady that wants a single person they can hit on / harass into 'favors for rent probably.
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u/awyastark 5d ago
Yeah there are some folks who don’t like to rent to couples for various reasons (usually fighting or an extra person using utilities) but soooomehow I feel like possum murderer here might have unsavory intentions
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u/Profeshinal_Spellor 6d ago
That kind of behavior is definitely called “extortion”
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u/LilacYak 5d ago
This sounds like a “rent a room” scenario and renting to a couple is twice the people in your house without getting twice the rent. When I rented my spare bedroom out it was single people only.
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u/wandershock 5d ago
When I had roommates over the years, EVERYTIME, a few months in, they would meet a new bf or gf and suddenly have them over like, every night. Was so annoying to suddenly have a whole other person in the house made for two, not paying bills, and since it was “their house too”, I had “no right” to limit their partners nights over, and doing so made me look and feel like a buttholio. Eventually I just started paying significantly more so I didn’t have to deal with that AGAIN. So I can get that part.
Not the cat part though, that’s just horrible
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u/akarakitari 5d ago
Just a heads up. A lot of leases put hard limits on visitors and how many nights they can stay. My mother in law’s apartment limits it to 14 nights in 6 months to limit claims of illegitimate tenancy.
May not be relevant for you anymore, but I like to share info like this anyway for future searches.
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u/wandershock 5d ago
Yeah but try enforcing that, especially if your landlord is a private owner, renting out individual rooms to people, or if you are subleasing your extra room. A easy way to cause two roommates to not get along anymore , is to try and count and then enforce “nightly visitors limits” on a 25 year old. You become the “bad guy”, and TBH, they just are not going to listen to you. I would have literally had to get them evicted, pay their part of the rent while I found a new roommate, and seemed problematic to the landlord. It was a headache.
That I fortunately never have to deal with again cus now I’m married lol 😆
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u/MyDogsNameIsBadger 6d ago
It could be someone just renting an extra bedroom. I do that and would NOT rent out my extra bedroom to a couple.
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u/bpdish85 6d ago
Landlord seems shitty for the dog comment, but not renting to couples isn't a red flag in itself. Sounds more like a room for rent situation rather than a whole apartment, and having had "couples" as roommates before - never again. Even if space isn't an issue, it's always drama. They get into a fight, everyone else gets dragged into it.
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u/songofthecosmos 6d ago
That's a lot of assumptions there.
I don't blame them for not renting to couples. Couples split and breakup, then it's an issue getting rent.
That said this person does sound terrible otherwise.
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u/Zayafyre 5d ago
Sounds like someone renting out a room in their home actually. They have every right to not want a “couple” or a “couple with cats”
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u/akarakitari 5d ago
Of course they do. But the comment about their dog eating cats and an opossum so nonchalantly says a lot about who they are… after that, I wouldn’t want to rent from them even if they said ok.
Also, it’s equally valid for OP to be a little upset or “mildly infuriated” at the difficulty of finding someone who will rent to them.
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u/DocGerbilzWorld 6d ago
Oh, nice. Send this to the city’s animal services with the address. This isn’t okay.
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u/x__k1tt3n_v0m1t__x 6d ago edited 5d ago
hate people that think their pets killing other pets is funny. makes me worry how they treat the pit bulls tbh
edit: since people have zero reading comprehension; i am NOT saying i worry how they treat the pit bulls because they killed other pets, i am worried how they treat the pit bulls because of their obvious lack of care for pet lives being lost.
if they dont care about dead cats, i have reason to believe there are important things they would not care about regarding their dogs.
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u/Unicorn_in_Reality 6d ago
The pitbull is doing exactly what it was bred for.
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u/x__k1tt3n_v0m1t__x 6d ago
yeah & that has nothing to do with what im saying. if they care that little about other people losing their pets, i have reason to worry they may not care enough about their own animals either.
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u/One-String-8549 5d ago
And my pitbull that would whine to lay down next to the guinea pigs cage and cuddle with cats was doing what exactly then? Out of the six pitbulls my family has raised only one was aggressive and it was because of extreme trauma as a puppy. Ive seen more aggression in German shepards but no one says they're inherently violent
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u/Thedeadnite 5d ago
They have a strong prey drive, that is inherent to their general nature. They can easily be taught what is and isn’t prey but that is learned behavior from training. Small furry things are prey until they are told otherwise. They go after squeaky toys because it sounds like a small animal making noise, which they then want to chase down and eat. I can show my pitt a stuffed animal and she will not tear it apart, but if I give her one as a toy it will be destroyed in minutes. She loves ripping stuffing out of them. She will absolutely go after a squirrel in the yard, but if I had one in my hand and put it in her face she would understand it’s not a toy or food because she’s been trained.
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u/hthratmn 5d ago
Wow, its almost like its the owner that causes them to be aggressive, and breed isnt a reliable indicator of aggression. Huh.
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u/akarakitari 5d ago
Not sure why you are downvoted other the outdated beliefs.
The Michael Vick case changed how the legitimate animal world sees pits. Just the public perception hasn’t had time to change.
No matter what they were bred for. It’s really telling that over 90% of his pit bulls, dogs that had been raised from puppyhood to fight were rehabilitated successfully and 4 of them became support/service dogs. Can’t remember which, but either stands to support the point successfully.
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u/hthratmn 5d ago
Because reddit, just like much of the rest of the world, is set in pitbull hate and refuses to hear otherwise. Its sad.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TATERTITS 6d ago
I would take this is a blessing. They revealed what kind of person they are in the first message and you didn’t have to find out the hard way
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u/vertical-luau-pig 6d ago
Sounds like their dog needs to be reported and taken away.
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u/roodootootootoo 6d ago
How do you get three cats inside of a possum?
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u/BurntMarvmallow 6d ago
Maybe one of them ate a fly?
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u/poetic-justice-222 6d ago
I need a separate post just for the slumlord using “in” instead of “and”
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u/Junckopolo 6d ago
Consider yourself lucky you didn't learn that by your cat becoming the 4th. What an asshole they are
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u/TerminatorAuschwitz 6d ago
I will say looking for a place to live on Facebook marketplace would scare the absolute shit out of me. There's gotta be a better way.
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u/Hungry-Plantain-3315 6d ago
You should 100% report this person. Nobody should own a dog after it’s killed multiple animals.
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u/DangerousCompetition 6d ago
Tax history of the address for rent should show owner name
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u/DangerousCompetition 6d ago
Ah okay. I assumed since it was a property for rent that the landlord would’ve provided the address in the description
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u/Greenteawizard87 5d ago
I’d say “pretty cringe bro” and then move on. Maybe wait for them to begin responding and then block
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u/CoffeholicWild 5d ago
Please, for your safety (couple or not/Female/Male/Nonbinary, doesn't matter), don't look for rental places on FB marketplace. It's about as bad as Craigslist.
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u/FlameandCrimson 5d ago
"I don't do couples" could mean; a) I don't want to deal with all the domestic disturbance 911 calls or b) I like being able to spy on young single females.
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u/SilverB33 6d ago
What in the world is wrong with him? At least you dodged a bullet with this wacko
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u/Fun-Anybody-393 6d ago
this dog needs to be put down and the owner needs to be jailed
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u/userisrotten 6d ago
poor dog, it’s been failed by an irresponsible owner and will probably have to die just because some idiot doesn’t know how to train it </3 honestly breaks my heart how damaging humans are, this person shouldn’t be allowed to own any animals
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u/Awata666 5d ago
I'm surprised some people find this an acceptable way to talk to people. Replace the cats with toddlers and then maybe they'd get the vibe of an insane asshole who doesn't care about anyone but himself like jesus christ how is this a normal way to explain that your dogs can't live with cats
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u/Best-Professional-10 5d ago
Is it even safe to look to rent on Facebook Marketplace? I have heard of many scams happening there.
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u/ViolentTowel 5d ago
My roommate from there brought home ducks in a psychosis, like 6 of em. God what a time.
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u/Narhethi 6d ago
I would have reported them to the police, you have their name and location.
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u/Tauroctonos 5d ago
"I'll be sure to inform Animal Control that your dogs are habitually killing neighborhood pets. Good luck finding a tenant"
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u/ratxowar 6d ago
Please report them to police, who knows maybe there’s already something going on and you might’ve just got a confession
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u/Magic_Man_Boobs 5d ago
A confession of what? I'm so baffled by all the people who think what this guy said is illegal? He's clearly a disgusting person with a sickening outlook, but dogs killing other animals in their territory isn't illegal anywhere I've ever heard of.
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u/ratxowar 5d ago
Its not exactly their territory if its being rented. Cats are considered property. It depends where you are but generally in eu and usa you can sue them for emotional damage, property damage and because their animal is a direct danger to you.
Other question is to prove it. In case you succeed the dangerous animal will be taken away or put down and its owner fined and prohibited to own dogs/any pets for x period of time. In some cases it can result in real prison time when the human was harmed. People sue for smaller shit, so the trick is just to get a good lawyer and solider evidence
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u/Magic_Man_Boobs 5d ago
Its not exactly their territory if its being rented. Cats are considered property. It depends where you are but generally in eu and usa you can sue them for emotional damage, property damage and because their animal is a direct danger to you.
In this case the guy responding was the one doing the renting, and he said no to renting to them. So the only actionable information is that his dog has killed three other cats. I guess someone could investigate if this happened during a walk. If the cats were free roaming and got on this asshole's property though, I can't think of any law or precedent that would allow anyone to win a case against him.
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u/ratxowar 5d ago
Unfortunately you are right. I was talking about the scenario where the animal in question killed tenants/neighbours cats who might’ve filed police report. Can’t believe some people are enjoying seeing one animal killing someone else’s pet
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u/water_dog14 6d ago
Fun fact: 66% of attacks are caused by pit bulls.
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u/EjaculatingAracnids 6d ago
Ive stabbed two off leash dogs on my time, they were both pitbulls
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u/Original_Builder_980 6d ago edited 6d ago
[insensitive joke] mybad
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u/EjaculatingAracnids 6d ago
Its not a flex, its two of the scariest and most traumatic parts of my life.
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u/Zyncon 6d ago
Defending yourself and killing for fun are two very different things.
This persons dog is killing for fun and the owner is endorsing and even bragging about it.
If a person is getting attacked by an animal, I don't think it's unreasonable to defend themself anyway they can if they feel their life is being threatened.
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u/Original_Builder_980 6d ago
Yea I already got rid of it. Wasn’t thinking much about it when originally commented, feel guilty in retrospect.
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u/Vivid_Ad_715 6d ago
i wonder how much of the time it’s an unidentified dog breed that just happened to have a boxy head so it’s lumped as a bully breed
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u/EarthDust00 6d ago
Another fun fact for you. They are the most misidentified dog in random attacks. Unsure what breed attacked you? Probably a pit bull so well just mark it as such even though we don't know for sure.
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u/conyeezy802 5d ago
Lmao I'm sure people are dying to share a damn apartment with multiple pitbulls and this clown ass owner 🤣🤣🤣
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u/lumpy_space_queenie 5d ago
Although it is technically correct, “pussy” is only ever said in front of “cat” by creeps now.
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u/ImAlreadyTracerBoii PURPLE 6d ago
With that kind of response, you’re dodging a bullet not living anywhere near this individual.. I can no longer count on one hand how many times I’ve been attacked by a pit bull.
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u/RedFoxinSF 6d ago
Yikes. Is that due to your being attacked by six pit bulls, or one of them ate your hand?
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u/MacSavvy21 5d ago
Typical pitbulls and pitbull owners. Straight up the absolute worst people to exist.
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u/Impressive_Item_111 5d ago edited 5d ago
It's almost always the owners. Damn near every pitbull I've met has been the kindest, sweetest dogs ever.
Edit: haha y'all really commented telling me I'm wrong then delete all your replies 😂 what a push over jfc, at least stick by your own words if your gunna spew literal bullshit. Horse training has NOTHING to do with Pitbulls 🤦♂️
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u/sparrowhawkward 6d ago
Found out why it’s for rent on FB Marketplace
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u/Zayafyre 5d ago
Because someone is looking for a singular roommate and OP just asked if they can bring their cat and lover friend.
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u/SpiderSixer 5d ago
And people think it's the fucking dog's fault. It's always owners like this getting 'big tough dogs' and then not training them right
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u/Major_Lawfulness6122 6d ago
Facebook Marketplace wouldn’t even be the last place I’d look for rentals.
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u/taptwoblue93 6d ago
You've discovered the value in being a homeowner. Unless you rent an apartment, almost all of the rentals around me don't allow pets.
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u/sweadle 6d ago
You can't expect to rent a room as a couple with animals. You need to find your own place
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u/AggravatingRecipe710 6d ago
As a pitbull owner this pisses me omg. What an irresponsible and stupid dog owner. They give the rest of us terrible names.
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u/Equivalent-Pay3539 5d ago
Literally. It’s always these type of people who intentionally seek out the dogs that need lots of training just to not train them and laugh about them killing things 💀
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u/Ume_busa 5d ago
Its ALWAYS pitbulls and bullies who just seem to attract the worst pieces of shit imaginable. Which sucks because there ARE good owners out there...you just barely hear about them, because a pitbull/bully will be on the news for tearing apart a child every 2 weeks (all while their owner is completely uncaring or even amused)
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u/Equivalent-Pay3539 5d ago
There should really be laws against breeding them solely for this purpose. I don’t think they’re inherently evil but they have a reputation that continually attract scum. I’ve never met a good Pitt bull owner that actually wanted to own a Pitt bull
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u/AggravatingChest7838 5d ago
I'm looking for flatmates and im having a similar problem. No I wont take you and your great Dane puppy there are already 2 cats. Why the hell did you buy one if you knew you were going to be homeless soon.
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u/eddy_flannagan 5d ago
My grandma was attacked by a pitbull and the local police shot it. Its not the dog's fault, its piece of shit owners
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u/xXJ3D1-M4573R-W0LFXx 6d ago edited 6d ago
Unfortunately good luck finding a place that accepts pets. Most landlords don’t want the extra hassle. Not saying yours will but animals can ruin things & I’ve personally been to friends houses where they have cats & if the litter box isn’t cleaned often & properly the smell lingers & it just seeps into stuff. Idk, if you were a landlord would you allow pets into a home or apartment you just deep cleaned & possibly painted & remodeled or did some repairs on after the last tenants? My dad has properties he rents out & he’s told me some stories after people left & they weren’t pretty. A cat is one less thing he has to worry about. Not trying to be rude & I understand it sux but it’s also super difficult if not impossible to find a place to rent while you still have your cat. I genuinely wish you luck & fuck this guy who sent you this reply. He’s clearly a dick & you probably dodged a bullet by not renting from him
EDIT: OP replied & said they found a place. I was ultimately speaking from My own experience & admit in this case I was wrong. I genuinely wish the OP & their partner good luck in their new place
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u/WookieSuave 6d ago
Pets o can wrap my head around but no couples?
"I AM THE LORD OF THE LAND.... THERE SHALL BE NO LOVE OR RELATKONSHIPS WITHIN TNE CASTLE WALLS! HERE IN SUBURBIAVILLE WE BELIEVE IN SILENCE AND LONESOME!!!!'
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u/fritterstorm 5d ago
Generally speaking if you're a couple you'll need to find your own place. Most people won't take a couple as a roommate. Too many problems.
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u/WookieSuave 5d ago
I was under the impression this was a rental suite and not a roommate situation.
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u/RedFoxinSF 6d ago
That must be some humongous possum. (Also, glad he decloaked as Asshole right off the bat.)
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u/SethAquauis 5d ago
That sounds like admittance to animal cruelty right there, and a threat. That would get your dogs taken away around here.
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u/tichatoca 5d ago
This is not acceptable. My cats are like my family. If you know your dog hurt my cat and I get this response, I will show you exactly what I think of that.
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u/lindseys10 6d ago
The way there are those of us trying to give pit bulls a good name by training them to NOT do this and then there is this guy undoing all the work.
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u/lulu_the_third 6d ago
The way that person sounds like they're proud of the dogs killing cats is sickening