Hildegarde's FIRST RULE of ENTRANCE:
On entering a room, a building, a relationship or a contract, always make sure you note where the path of exit is.
Hildegarde's GOOD IDEA ON LIVING WITH ANIMALS
If you have a puppy, a cat, an iguana, a bird, gerbils, fishies in a tank, a parakeet, snake(s), alligator(s) or dogs, who live with you, it is probably a "GOOD IDEA" to mention this matter to a prospective landlord/landlady in the FIRST MINUTE of conversation you have with them. Remember you want this person to hand over his/her house, apartment, room, to you--for your use, and if you neglect to tell them about this important item until "later" you might not be conveying the impression you intended. Be prepared to agree to conditions of a PET AGREEMENT and to furnish an additional deposit, in the range of $250 or so, as well as evidence that the animal is licensed in SLO county (if that is applicable) and has had the appropriate shots.
Hildegarde's FIRST RULE OF CONTRACTS:
No transaction (of rentals or of anything else, for that matter,) will go together unless everybody thinks it is fair.
Hildegarde's GOOD IDEA ON CONTRACTS:
When signing contracts of any importance, i.e., ALL contracts, always read with a ruler.
If you find these rules useful, let me know, or pass them on to someone..... (Be sure to tell the folks you talk to that "HILDEGARDE sends her regards.")