(missing smoke detectors is one reason why I hate smokers!)

I had an underwriter call me once and I was totally caught off gaurd and got grilled.

IF YOU DO, and you make it publically visible, be prepared to get grilled over it.

The unit isn’t very nice, she’s a smoker and there’s nicotine on the walls so I can’t even slap some paint on the walls to make improvements.

These days there are plenty of non-smokers looking to rent.

Sure you can arrest each smoker when caught, charge them with possession etc... but whats the grand effect in thwarting the problem?

So, that $60K person is living in a house with a $1,500 house payment, $200-$300 in utilities, a $100+ cell phone bill, $200 in food at home, but another $200-300 eating out, a $500 car payment, Full package Directv at $180 per month, drinking starbucks coffee at $5 a cup that they pick up on the way to work....and the list goes on.Not any one of the items listed seem unreasonable, but combined with the salary to support that kind of lifestyle is excessive for that person, making them live outside of their means.I was at my annual holiday lunch with one of my attorneys.. and we got on the coffee habit... not to mention smoking habit at 7 to 10 bucks a day.. but in Portlandia were coffee is a thing.. she said many of her staff ride down the elevator buy the fancy 5 buck coffee and do it 2 to 3 times a day 5 days a week.. that's a 200 to 300  a month coffee habit right there.. smokers 300 a month  drinkers etc etc..  

Super nice guy to me, but clearly had some serious criminal history and I know was a cocaine user and pot smoker while I was there.

Limit your time around smokers and if you drink--be careful.

Do not and I repeat do not go into with some spiel about you being an investor and grilling her with questions.. build rapport, find the motivation first.