RMO Referral $$$ + More About Emotional Support Animals
It pays to know – RMO!
We value the importance of having a mutually beneficial relationship with our agents and brokers. This is why we offer a referral bonus for property management client referrals.
For every client you refer to RMO, you will receive a referral fee equal to one month’s management fee. By referring a home that rents for $1500 per month, you would add an extra $150 to your pocket. If you refer the lease to RMO along with the property management, you’ll receive 25% of the first month’s rent.
But that’s not all! RMO offers lead loyalty to all of our agents. When the owner wants to sell, purchase another property or even when the tenants wants to buy, the lead is given back to the referring agent. Placing a referral is easy. Visit our website and click on the “client leads” tab.
About Emotional Support Animals! Alligators? Ducks? Horses?
Though any of those animals could be a legitimate emotional support animal, the number of falsely represented emotional support animals continues to rise every day. New legislation in the Michigan House of Representatives would strengthen state law to help prevent the false claim of an emotional support animal.
House Bill 4910, introduced on September 3rd, would create the “Misrepresentation of Emotional Support Animals Act.”
The bill would define an emotional support animal and limit these to common domestic animals. The bill also defines a housing provider as well as a healthcare provider.
T.he legislation bars an individual from falsely representing a disability or possession of an emotional support animal. The housing provider may request documentation from an individual’s health care provider to confirm a disability and the need for an emotional support animal.
The bill states health care providers shall not falsely represent an individual’s need for an emotional support animal, and it proposes requirements for those providers who do prescribe an emotional support animal.
Those requirements include:
That the health care provider be licensed in Michigan or the state the individual resides
That the health care provider maintains a physical office space where patients are treated regularly
Documentation of treatment of the individual for at least 6 months before the date a housing provider requests documentation of validity of a disability and the need for an emotional support animal
Provide documentation in the form of a notarized letter on an annual basis upon request
Lastly, the bill includes misdemeanor penalty provisions for those who knowingly violate the law, including:
Imprisonment for not more than 90 days
A fine of not more than $500.00
Community service for not more than 30 days
Additionally, a tenant who falsely represents an emotional support animal could face lease termination.
Finally, the bill directs the Michigan Department of Civil Rights to receive reports of an individual(s) falsely representing possession of an emotional support animal and health care providers falsely certifying the need for such an animal.