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Best ways to deal with stained walls from smokers. 

House comes with nice heavy-duty type smoker/BBQ pit. 

Purchase price: $110,000 Cash invested: $50,000 House was built in the '50s, smoker had lived there for decades.

The duplex isn't in the best part of town and the vacant unit needs some work before it is ready to rent (smokers), so I'd rather avoid living there if possible. 

So, since Apt F was new, a few days ago I just casually reminded them where they can smoke if they happen to be smokers.

It took two months to get resolved and the tenant left the property so dirty I had to replay all the flooring..Including a nice bamboo floor, paint everything because the non smoking property was so gritted up from pot smokers, and strip and refinish the kitchen cabinets because there was so much grease on them it was like a rendering plant that had never been cleaned before.Maintenance — contractors can be contractors and the PM really do nothing to hold them accountableFollow up — they do not follow up on anything unless it creates revenue for them.  

We've come up with some alternative solutions like they clean out all their personal items from the basement and garage in a short time period as well as stop smoking inside (heavy heavy smokers).

The return seems to be great also.On the smokers, tear out wall or seal surface with primer.

A few of the units around me dropped their prices, but even then they wound up renting to people that I rejected due to any number of reasons, so the season has definitely thinned the pool of good prospects.My units show well and are all updated, but I have fairly high criteria (650+ credit, non smoker, 3x rent) so it may also be a factor.