If you are careful and listen well you will be able to see through the smoke and mirrors to the real applicant.

In your instance the smoke and mirrors seem to be hiding fatal flaws in the deal.

There is no charring or damage to structure, just smoke discoloring as far as I can tell. 

We have a very hard core policy on smoking / vaping, screen shots below...

And then, from 900 to 1050 in year 2.Smoking is a pain when taking over a unit to turn.

(Assuming your realtor isn’t “blowing smoke”.). 

And when I applied for a rental license it was a really easy process, they cared more about the safety things like having enough smoke detectors and fire extinguisher and GFCI outlets near water, etc. 

lie detector determined that was a lie. btw, can you drive down to Aurora and see wth is going on down there for us?

I am installing wireless, ten year lithium battery combo smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in my rentals. 

Things like leaking pipe under sink, downspout that needs securing, sewer vent pipe out to the attic, missing smoke detectors in a unit, loose material, etc. are all very easy fixes that we would be happy to make for you.