And some are bullies and use people's fear of lawyers to get their way.So, I see your issues as two-fold:1) The lawyer is interfering with your business - you can get him to back off by letting him know you know he can get in major trouble with the bar association if he keeps this up. 

Screening applicants is a two fold process.

Look for a looooong slow decline (multiple years) once everyone pulls their head out of the fog in the next 6 months and realizes how many businesses have folded.

Ladder, preferably one that can be folded to be used on stairs. 

Let's see here....1) A few weeks prior to tenant move-out I send them a cleaning checklist as well as the two pages they signed listing damage and cleaning fees2) I use the same paint colors in all my properties.3) My Clean Magic Erasers are amazing and will remove wall scuffs and random stains. 4) When buying larger items I utilize the Lowe's 10% off trick (spending .99 on eBay to buy a Lowe's 10% off digital coupon and using the code online or in store - this hack has literally saved me thousands).5) At my multi-family properties I include various items near my coin-op washer and dryer: a laundry  table for folding, a roll of paper towels and a bottle of cleaner so the machines can be wiped off; I also include some laundry-related items such as stain remover, starch spray, etc (I buy it from Dollar Tree and it lasts a while - I think the tenants appreciate the gesture). 6) At the Dollar Tree they have a toilet cleaning gel product called Lime-A-Way.

I currently do a month to month and my thought behind it is the benefit is 2-fold...1) If the tenants end up being a less than desirable (for one of many reason) You as the property owner can give them a 30-notice and aren't necessarily stuck with them for months and months 2) If the tenants want to break the lease it's going to happen regardless of how many months are left on the lease.

My question is two-fold:1.

I was thinking that maybe people who smoke weed in apartments should have a canopy on their balcony which would be on the roof of the balcony and would fold outward.

Almost 2.5 folds.  

All of my apartments have bi-fold closet doors.