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Garrett Diegel HELP! Should I rent to a tenant with a prior eviction?
20 July 2017 | 33 replies
The baby daddy moved in, they smoked in the apartment against the rules, and just dropped cigarettes everywhere - the carpet had burn spots all over it, it's a wonder it didn't burn the place down.  
Edd Sylvester Tenant screening process
2 August 2017 | 22 replies
You don't have to rent to anyone who is rude to you, or mean to their spouse in front of you, or whose children are out of control screaming up and down stairs, or who smell of pot or cigarettes or who appear high, etc., etc.You also can deny anyone who lies on an application or who doesn't complete it.  
George Smith Prospective tenant says they only smoke off the property
4 August 2016 | 16 replies
If they smoke outside, the second-hand smoke drifts and the cigarette butts appear on the ground.
Robin Grimes Tenant Applicants say the dumbest things
3 May 2023 | 1572 replies
“the lease says ‘no smoking’ you just mean cigarettes right?”
Josh Bakhshi I don't have a heart, just in reality
1 April 2020 | 33 replies
Your job is to not let them prioritize cigarettes or lottery tickets or pedicures or whatever over paying you.Next time, you won't let anyone slide. 
Sam Runge Smoking Tenants in my House Hack
5 April 2020 | 8 replies
I had a Section 8 tenant who smoked something in the bedroom (whether it was marijuana, cigarettes or something else, I don't know) and two of the walls had what looked to be watery light-colored tar running down the wall and so smoking does cause damage. 
Account Closed Apartment Tenant with Medical Mari-J asked WHERE he can smoke his Rx
7 May 2015 | 10 replies
Since it says "inhaled" vaporizing is also inhaling so I would  go with that and allow for him to do as a cigarette smoker would be allowed.
Silvana Lavado Screening Tenants amid Covid-19
19 April 2020 | 3 replies
Our nightmare tenant also resulted in other tenant complaints, cops being called for noise, parking crazy in the parking lot taking up two spaces, destroyed carpets where they let cigarettes fall and burn on the carpet (and smoking wasn't allowed), her baby daddy moved in almost immediately - it can result in lots of time dealing with complaints and problems and I almost lost good tenants, too, who I had to assure I was getting rid of the nightmare tenants.  
Jared Mann Awkward conversation: Female Insight Needed
7 February 2020 | 20 replies
Oh wait, and there were cigarettes once....But, it's usually flushable wipes because the TV says they can flush flushable wipes, which would seem reasonable. 
Account Closed Landlords: Describe your most problem-free tenant ever
5 April 2020 | 61 replies
The house was beach pink with doors falling off, crap all in the yard, smelled like a cigarette, moldy carpet glued to the sidewalk outside, etc... after we finished making it beautiful and white, pulling carpet and sealing sidewalk with a nice color, landscaping, etc, a lady teacher yelled "thank you, that really transforms the look around here, we appreciate all your work".That was cool.