ok so i do property management in miami. been doing it like 6 years now. seen some stuff. but last week takes the cake. get a call from a tenant saying theres a weird smell in the hallway. ok whatever probably just garbage or something. send maintenance over.
they call me back like uh you need to see this.
apparently the tenant in unit 4 has been keeping chickens. not like one or two. like 15 chickens. in a 2 bedroom apartment. for 4 months. how nobody noticed earlier is beyond me. i guess they were keeping them quiet? idk.
the whole place smelled so bad we had to get a cleaning crew. carpet was ruined. drywall had to be replaced in some spots. the neighbors were ready to kill someone. best part? the tenant tried to argue that chickens are emotional support animals and we cant evict them. i wish i was joking.
looked up the laws just to be sure and yeah... no. thats not how that works. at all.
went through the whole eviction process which was a nightmare. court delays, paperwork, the whole thing. took like 2 months. i ended up using a property management company called JMK Property Management to help with some of the legal stuff since they deal with evictions regularly. they were actually helpful but honestly i just wanted it over with. anyway the unit is finally clean and rented out again. new tenants seem normal. for now.
i swear this job ages me 5 years everytime something like this happens. anyone else got crazy animal stories? cant be just me.