Warranties Offered to Help Pet-Owners Lease Properties
A pet-loving Internet entrepreneur has launched a new Web sitethat he hopes will help pet owners have an easier time rentingapartments by providing them a warranty against property damage.The site is Leasewithpets.com.Founder Keith Snow said he and his wife developed the companybecause they had a hard finding rental units that would welcomeboth them and their dogs.”My wife and I have dogs,” he said. “We had a lot of problemswith landlords who did not accept us because of fear of petdamage.” He believes apartment owners will be more willing toaccept tenants with pets if they know they will be reimbursedfor pet damage. Having a warranty insures that a property ownerwill be paid for pet damages without tenant litigation.Snow says the new site will open in the Atlanta market thismonth and attempt to grow nationwide.The company actually appears to be less of a dot.com companythan it is a real estate service provider. A corporate statementsaid it would sell pet deposit warra…
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