Hi,In our triplex the third floor tenant texted us yesterday complaining about the second floor tenant smoking cigarettes.

Make sure you have smoke/CO2 detectors on all levels and by all rooms and kitchen.

Not allow rentals for example, or come up with the pet policy or smoking policy or what ever someone things off. 2.

Rhonda Wilson what are you smoking?

A few of my friends are experienced investors and I was very involved in a smoke/fire rehab and sale of a SFR last year.  

Depending on what the layout of the building is, there is a good chance that smoke and water could have damaged much more than what is visible and sitting empty for that long can be difficult to for mold and pest reasons.If the damage only affected one or two units it may be easier to put at least a few of the lesser damaged ones into service quickly. 

I'm a full time investor now but I had careers as a respiratory therapist from 1972 to 1988 and as a software engineer from 1988 to 2014.Noteworthy accomplishments (in order of importance):Married my wife Brenda in 1981, Completed 2006 Iditarod sled dog race, first ascent Gilhooley Tower in Olympic Mountains in 1972, quit smoking in 1985. 

I collect apps and fees, then grade them based on a number of factors- rental history, income, credit score, reason for leaving their last place, reason they want this apartment/area (close to school, work etc), whether or not they smoke, if they have a helicopter parent (I rent to a lot of students), how long them plan to stay in the area/apartment, when they need to move in. 

Later on, I updated the ad to only promote the condo and list basic requirements like no smoking and I found that people replied like crazy.  

HOA have toabide the law and rules as well as homeowners, landlords and tenants.HOA have to address complaints made by other homeowners who aresuffering from your tenants repeated loud noise and repeated badbehavior of (odor – I assume is smoking cigarette and marijuana)that harm other residents.