One more complaint came in yesterday from another tenant who smelled cigarette smoke in the common area.

The issue is, I have a bit of rehab to do to get it ready, as she was a heavy smoker.

House also required much more paint than I had planned to cover vestiges of prior smoker.

When placing the ad on GoSection8 I clearly state no smokers of any kind  (Not even Mary JAne), no pets, no felonies no illegal drug use and no evictions from within the last 5 years.

Just a little drill down unique to the area.In Las Vegas Metro you have two (different) groups that have been pouring in over the years.Retired people and inner city poverty/crime--both of which do not rely on jobs for income, and seem insulated from the woes of the working persons economy.Layoffs and lack of jobs will not effect them.They will still shop at the Grocery Stores as the prices of Fritos and beer goes down, their fixed income money just goes a little farther.They buy 2 loosey cigarettes (they sell these in Las Vegas) instead of one...their quality of life goes up a bit.For the Welfare people, Section-8 will still be cutting checks, maybe lower amounts, but the checks will still be there, and the retiree's tend to pay cash for their homes when they move in to the area.Just my 2 cents!

This tenant has 2 other friends squatting in the apartment and is a heroin addict who smokes cigarettes indoors with impunity.

I could choose to spend that $1,750 on beer and cigarettes or to upgrade and replace the furnace in one of my properties.

They look for cigarette butts, trash all over the car, etc.

Greetings everyone My mother lives in an apartment complex that allows smoking in your home in Michigan , the smokers seem not to care if the smell gets into the heating system and gets into my mothers place .

In our bad tenant cases, there have been multiple lease violations or late payments but we did not boot them for those violations; instead we raised their rent to where they gave us notice.BTW I had a tenant that was surprised I could discriminate against smokers and indicated she would sue.