Now you know their current landlord is a relative - no relative references  - denied.Also, you won't be able to tell which one is the one who smells like cigarette smoke.

The ones you'll hear sob stories from probably always have money for cigarettes, going out to eat and to the bars, expensive cable TV service, and a smart phone with a huge data plan LOL. 

There were about 200 cigarette butts all over the front porch.

We did have to recarpet one place and the owner just chose to eat that cost (only around $500 - he used cheap carpet), because of cigarette burns on the carpet. 

We build a lot of fees into our lease for violations - not so that we can make more money, but so that we can have more control over the tenant.Regarding the smoking in the garage: I would take pictures of the cigarette butts or ashtrays, etc. and add a $35 lease violation charge to the tenants ledger asap.Unauthorized tenants can be difficult to prove.

You see 2 adults get out of the car along with their 3 children.One adult is smoking a cigarette and the two children are eating chips and one child is drinking red pop.What do you do when you see them coming up on the porch?

Whenever an applicant started out with requesting a discount, or complaining about this or that, or asking or demanding that we provide this or that (from blackout curtains to guarantees of never smelling cigarette smoke...), I learned over many years and many tenants that this is a tenant I will have wished I'd never rented to.So, take it from me, if there is any way you can deny this applicant, do it. 

I went inside the house a year ago to fix something and it stinks to heck of cigarettes.

But, you're not going to get into regulating how many cigarettes people smoke or what brands they smoke, etc.

Admitted to smoking 2 cigarettes a day outside.