Improperly retaining deposits is dealt with harshly in many locales, often with double or triple damages.Jon

If it is in yours then likely it is in theirs as well.If it doesn't say in yours then likely it's not in theirs.I can't give legal advice but rather than suffer in silence I would call the landlord and explain you have sensitive lungs and cannot be inhaling in second hand smoke.Second hand smoke is actually MORE DANGEROUS than first hand smoke.The reason is the person smoking the cigarette has a filter before inhaling in and the second hand smoker breathes all the smoke in without a filter.Today's cigarettes are pumped full of chemicals because it is cheaper to make and the burn is faster.The faster the burn the more people will smoke and buy that next pack with a huge mark up.Back in the day smoking was almost all pure tobacco but it is so expensive they use chemicals and very little tobacco today.So in short don't put up with it.

Besides, it's their investment, not yours.Sounds harsh, but I'm the kind of jerk you will have to deal with in your new biz.

We have done the termite treatment which the termite company put chemical to the ground.

I am not being harsh just giving you the reality.SOMETIMES if you get an asset manager at the right time and hit it off they will be in a giving mood and share inside information into how that bank thinks and works.

Again, I know someone who used to teach RDPD training and I know plenty of details about the quality of training and the tactics used to extract $$$ from inexperience and naive investors -- if maintaining an overly harsh tone will save even one wannabe investor from throwing away hundreds/thousands/tens-of-thousands of dollars, I'm happy to maintain that tone.

I got smacked around in another thread for being to harsh or critical or whatever... so I think I'll do the same here.Basically you aren't worth most agents' time.

They are treated with chemicals at these sights.

The tenants still faced their own harsh realities and took it out on the properties.

the tenants at one house moved out a few weeks ago. they were there just one year and moved in after the house was freshly painted and re-carpeted.anyway. there were fingerprints and smudges on the walls all over the house and even areas that you'd have to try to leave a fingerprint. nothing that a new coat of paint can't cover, but the whole house needed to be re-painted.regarding the carpet, there are dog pee stains and large furniture impressions. they tried to steam all stains out and even used spray chemicals to remove them. it does not smell, but the stains are there.would you charge them or keep a portion of the s. deposit for something like this?