I had a renter/guy a few months back that I told to quit smoking pot inside.

My father's entire house burned to the ground because he had a pot belly stove in his basement and his brick chimney has some sort of crack between the floor joists.

You will need to have the lease contract invalidated, either through legal action, such as an eviction, or by voluntarily having him give up his lease through a mutual agreement.

In short, know that the HELOC option gets thrown around alot, and though it can definitely be an option, it tends to have a lot of hoops to jump through to access a relatively smaller pot of funds. 

I remember enjoying great pot, hash, and some other stuff quite a bit.I no longer use, by my own choice, but I can appreciate the fact that such a habit will be hard to stop, cold turkey.So, it's time to pay for the sins.

I see some that do not want to pay rent now because they know that the free $ has moved to rent relief, so they have to stop paying their rent to get that pot of money...and for my renters they had a problem getting that rent relief because their salary and hours has actually increased over time, no COVID loss of income. 

Voluntarily homeless - there are people that literally *do not* want to have a steady home.

If he does not voluntarily leave, you will have to evict him and it will take more than 10 days (probably much longer than 10 days. 

Keep at it, save as much as you can, and protect your credit like a pot of gold and you will be there before you know it. 

So it’s either I show up voluntarily or be subpoenaed.