They have an unrealistic view that their problems and life are paramount, and any disruption or inconvenience to them is the end. of. the. world.

As other's have said, calmly tell him that smoking ANYTHING in doors is a violation of the lease and disruptive to the other tenants.

But, if this great tenant has been conditioned to accept annual 3-5% rent increases, why would you disrupt that, especially in a period of high inflation?

Me personally, the risk of disrupting that by trying to make them pay for it outweighs the gain.

You could jack hammer out the floor and pour a new one without disrupting the structure.

I have a well regarded property manager running the property and have a lawyer working on eviction from a couple angles primarily breaking the lease terms and disrupting the other tenants.

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This is a major disruption in their School term.

Question: do I absorb the costs of repairing ceiling drywall in our rental unit in hopes of keeping the peace for my tenant and not make the upstairs neighbor wanting to retaliate, OR do I contact the owner of the upstairs unit and ask them to cover our repair expenses, knowing that they will most likely talk to their tenant which would probably make him angry and make him want to be loud and disrupt my tenant’s peace.

If the tenants are coming with them, your parents would have to weigh the quality of the units versus the disruption and annoyance to the tenants.