All Forum Posts by: Cheryl Crockett

I believe this is a discussion that must continue, because laws are changing; no doubt, many will change in just a couple of days, home owners and landlords will face the issue of smoking (whatever) and growing (whatever) on or near their property.

There is much passion on both sides as well as some valid arguments on both sides. Willingness to engage in discussion helps us all in the end.

@Thomas S. Thank you so much for your response.

Your words are what I was hoping someone would write.

But, because I am in a situation where I feel helpless, I couldn't quite put it into words.

Ultimately, if I rent out this house (or even a part of it), I will face this dilemma.

I will refer back to what you wrote so diplomatically.

Thank you again.

Actually @Vic French

Because of how the DC law is set up, I have little experience with the presence of living marijuana plants, because there is a legal limit to how many plants any private individual can own. This law was enacted here at the same time that marijuana became legal. There is an exception for the legal dispensaries, of course.

I am grateful that I am able to say I have never smelled a live marijuana plant, but I am sorry I cannot relate to your situation.

@Vic French and @Account Closed

I appreciate both of your contributions to this thread (and others). I want you to know that I once was that tenant with a baby and young child in a rented house. After neighbors in the basement moved in, we began to wake up most mornings to pot smoke rising through the vents in our units. I complained to the landlord but he did nothing. My only response was to hand him a letter of notice to vacate. He wanted me to stay, but didn't have the intestinal fortitude to take action that would help me protect the air I and my children were breathing.

Today I am the next door neighbor to a house full of people who are not allowed to smoke inside their house, but they can smoke on the front porch or out back, and I smell it, even when the windows and doors are closed. Because we own our houses, I don't have a landlord or law enforcement to help me.

And my elderly neighbor, with the oxygen tank, has a restriction: smoking around her and her tank is a fire/explosion hazard I think. I believe her illness is because she was exposed to too much smoke in her life, so "smoking" marijuana isn't the answer for her (maybe someone will take her some brownies).

This question was inspired by the discussion entitled "Caught Tenant Smoking Weed" started by @Faisal Farnas. 

As marijuana becomes legal in more U.S. states, many landlords and homeowners will find themselves facing this scenario.
What would you do? A neighbor who now can legally smoke pot, in my city/state, is smoking inside their house (or unit) or outside on the front or back porch. The smoke drifts onto the porch or balcony and into the unit or property next door, disturbing a neighbor who doesn't smoke. On the other side, a neighbor has a medical condition that requires them to use an oxygen tank. These tenants complain to you because they can't call the police, and when  they protest to the smoking neighbors, it brings only silence and angry looks.

One neighbor is adamant about exercising their legal right to smoke weed in and around their home, while the other neighbors want to breathe clean air in theirs.

I'll appreciate your responses and advice because this is based on a true story.

Wow! That's fantastic @Joseph England

Thanks for showing us how it is DONE!

(you may drop the mic, now)

@Marvin McTaw

So if I was looking at a list in Bigger Pockets of all the people named "Marvin" (accomplished by entering your first name in the search bar), when I look over the results, I would see your profile picture with a golden circle around the outer edge (or whatever color). And because I am connected to only one person with the first (or last) name "Marvin" at this time, everyone else in my search results would have no border around their profile pics when I view them while logged in. And I would know that I don't have to click on your name to invite you to connect with me.

Right now, if I want to connect with someone with whom I have forgotten having sent a connection request, I either have to go through all of my sent messages to find that person, or send them another request, after which Bigger Pockets will display an error message that lets me know I have already sent this particular person a previous connection message.

Does that make sense?

@Marvin McTaw wrote:

"Honestly that would get confusing for me. I usually click through to a profile and you can see there if you're connected with the person. Also on the colleague request page you can see your pending requests as well."

Actually, Marvin - it is just like on Facebook when someone who is friends with you has a button next to their name that says "Friends" (you don't always have to click back to their profile to confirm, or when you search for a name on Twitter and all the people with that name, or some variation of it, are listed in the results, Twitter indicates which ones are following you, and which ones you are following, with an icon that is either filled with blue or white (on certain platforms).

This is a similar concept.

Great!

I look forward to hearing from you again.

Thanks for keeping in touch.

Cheryl

@Hilary C. 

I thought of one more thing:

Is there any way we can identify other people on Bigger Pockets who have connected with us and distinguish them from those who have not, or others with pending requests?

Maybe those who are connected can see a certain colored circle around a colleague or follower's profile picture when they are logged in, and those who have a pending request waiting can have a different colored circle.

All other profile photos can remain as they are.

(What do you think @Patsy Waldron @Rickie Mincy @Marvin McTaw & @Scott Trench ?)