Househacking Landlord with Tenant Problems

[Tuesday Goodband]

I am househacking in New York. My tenants have violated their lease and it is like walking in eggshells even just upon sight with them. I would like to find a lawyer before I proceed to ask them to leave to assure that I am covering all of my bases, any opinions as to any attorneys I may be able to ask, how much it may cost? Opinions? 

[James Wise]

Originally posted by @Tuesday Goodband:

1. The lease I signed with them says they have 7 occupants (5 children 2 adults); later I realized that the mother also lives in the apartment. Though I'm not sure how I missed it to begin with when I bought the house (yes, I made the mistake all say to avoid, hoping that it would be alright.) 

2. I have photo proof that the tenant made an altercation to the property without my consent, on 2 occasions, one occasion I was working on fixing it (the sink sprayer) the second is the tv went from being on a stand to on the wall. Also, i saw on their Facebook that they kicked in a door in the apartment because their children were not listening. One more they verbally told me they put a hole in the attic door when the past landlord was in control "because the landlord did not have the keys and they wanted access (I'm very much against them having the access due to it being an old rickety attic and the apartment is large enough without NEEDING that attic space.

3. In the lease it is a smoke free building. I asked them to use an ashtray to keep the butts off of the ground. I am pretty consistently smelling smoke in ny apartment especially when she is in the basement doing her laundry and the heat turns on. Butts all over next to their porch. 

4. I hear banging and yelling all the time from their apartment and the basement. 

I am trying to be understanding but the situation is becoming frustrating. When I first moved in her kids would climb on my basement stairs and I once opened my door to a kid with a hammer in hand. Then I got my dog... they hate everything about him being here and are scared of him so I have been trying to mind them by making sure I walk him out on the leash before I let him off the leash (making sure nobodyis outside) as well as taking him for walks instead of going into my backyard so that the dog can get his energy out and poop and pick it up as were walking. I admit due to the cold on occasion the poop is missed or left out there but so are their children's toys. Toys and poop are not comparables, but I have been trying to give them leeway regardless because we're all human. Every time I see her she rolls her eyes and I'm walking on eggshells. I feel like I am being walked on and my house and yard are expected to be only theirs, but please tell me if I am wrong. 

 Bruh...............Landlording. Is. Going. To. Be. A. Tough. Career. For. You.

You gotta tone it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down or you are literally going to give yourself a stroke. You wanna know what tenants doing bad stuff really looks like? It looks like this.

Now forget about that TV, stop looking at their Facebook page, & don't bother the tenant while they are smoking on their porch because yo are just going to burn a bunch of money for a judge to tell you no. Wait until their lease is up & then remove them if you still feel you need to but most importantly BUCKLE UP because it's gonna be a ROUGH RIDE.