As far as the marijuana smoking goes, they may be breaking the law, but proving it would be difficult.

I am looking at a flip that has extreme cigarette smoke to the point where a mask was needed to view the property.

My real estate agent who uses zipLogix rental lease is trying to convince me that I HAVE to use the dual powered (AC and battery) smoke detector.The lease is referring to § 9-102.

Did they take up smoking?

The whole interior needs to be repainted and that's the other big issue, the owner was a 3 or 4 pack a day smoker and it sure smells like he wasn't big on opening any windows when he smoked either!

Also will likely have to rip out all the sheetrock in the affected areas and treat all the framing to kill the smoke smell.

I wouldn't consider that a smoking hot deal, but maybe doable?

There have been cases shown and decided that a "chain of events" that led up to the closing and sale had the buyers broker / agent earn a commission.So a lot of it is subjective as to what happened, how it happened, and at what time.If this is a smoking hot deal and they are going with your offer and it's a low sale price then another option is to let them double end it and get a real estate attorney for 200 to 300 to negotiate the purchase and sale for you.

However, there has been a fire previously and there is smoke damage.

The chiminey itself still functions great from the aspect of building a fire and getting smoke out.