For instance let's say you deny someone because you believe them to be a messy person or because they smoke pot.  

That may be what gives you the pot of gold you are after.

I rather not so I don't rock the boat with themThere are 4 people on the lease (including baby) and one of them is having loud parties and smoking pot.

Or paint a wall, begin hording, add a electric space heater or start growing pot...not long.I tell my tenants it is for their benefit and safety for me to inspect furnace filters, smoke alarms, CO2 alarms etc.I personal am more concerned about my property investment than the minor feelings of tenants.

Usually the only thing they can say is they haven't found anything else yet in their rent range or that you are holding the security deposit.If it's they haven't found anything the judge will give the eviction order or maybe one more week to pay up.If it's the security deposit issue the judge might order you to give back the deposit and the tenant to and the tenant to be out by a certain date.If the tenant is claiming they had to make repairs then the judge will ask for receipts from a valid business with a date and time and proof the tenant paid for the repairs.In all the years of the judges being on bench the last one in our area said they have seen the repair defense thousands of times but have never seen a tenant produce repair receipts.I am sure it has happened but it is rare.The judge will validate the receipts are not inflated receipts from uncle bubba their friend or that work was done and they said to bill the landlord when the tenant is claiming they paid out of pocket (trying to double dip and get a repair credit off rent and then stick landlord with the repair bill at the same time).Every area is different but this is how I see these cases go down in mine.If they mention the mold as said give back security deposit and tell them they need to move.Say the place can't be made safe while people are are living there or storing things there.Sounds like a professional tenant just yanking your chain and that you have an older building with issues and they are using that against you.No legal advice.

That was a year ago.After a couple months, one of her sons, and 5 of his pot smoking buddies are caught, having broken into my vacant house next door, getting high.

Your comment of those that continue to do it have switched philosophies is simply not accurate as you can not possibly know what each of us are thinking, doing, and changing (us being rehab flippers).n I have not switched to major tear downs, I have yet to add any square feet to any property in the last two years, and my niche of luxury market homes did partially come from new market conditions, but it also came as a natural progression of my abilities. i would not place all of us (us being rehabbers) into your one pot, it is simply not accurate.No one seems to be "wondering"why I am pushing spec building except you.

Unless you want to have a place that's hard to rent you should have a no smoking policy, pot or cigarettes or pipes or cigars or anything else.

I will add a small palm tree which I have been growing in a pot for a couple of years and some blue agave that I have been wanting to move.

I saw this really old post, but I thought I would throw my two cents into the pot, in case anyone is looking at this thread.