Now one of the tenants is leaving and left cigarette burn holes all over the floor and the walls are absolutely coated in tar/nicotine.

And then, only if the reason you are suing has to do with money.The baby daddy moves in, they park all crazy blocking other tenants, there are knock down drag out fights and the cops get called, they smoke cigarettes in the unit against the rules and drop cigarettes all over the carpet, resulting in burns everywhere - or a burned down apartment building, on and on.  

I would include a question: "Are any applicants indoor smokers?"

We have had to remove one trailer full of trash including everything from TVs to smokers to pallets.

I'm telling new landlords not to believe a co-signer will give them a problem-free tenant, you won't have to evict.And the tenant with the baby daddy - they were smoking against the rules in the apt, and there were cigarette burns all over the carpet where it was obvious they'd dropped a cigarette and just let it burn out on the floor.  

Our prelim scoring is based on objective non-discriminatory items, such as if they are smokers, if they have lived in the area (have roots), have held job for over a year, income, how long they have stayed at previous addresses, how long they intend to stay, Facebook/google search, unverified look at criminal, bankruptcy, evictions, bank accounts.  

I think renting to a former manager is kind of like dealing with a former smoker.  

We build a lot of fees into our lease for violations - not so that we can make more money, but so that we can have more control over the tenant.Regarding the smoking in the garage: I would take pictures of the cigarette butts or ashtrays, etc. and add a $35 lease violation charge to the tenants ledger asap.Unauthorized tenants can be difficult to prove.

Smokers please do not apply.WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS AD?

So we accepted this person ( single person, good income, good credit, no pets and non smoker). even though the move-in date is 5/1st.