.- If that doesnt work, then seal and paint for odor control.I would deal the same way with an apartment after a smoker.

Barely cash flowed.Class C-D tenants are hard to manage, slow pay, pot smokers, trash, it's always something2018 back to full occupancy, almost, at the end of May, now for the end of June, 5 open unitsDid I mention tenants can't hit the dumpsterAnd when they leave they fill the dumpsters with you name it. 

And one tenant rented to someone who's a heavy smoker leaving cigarette butts all over, and when I question him about it, shrug his shoulders.

Smokers and pet lovers will pay extra for this freedom.

Choose not to buy the property if you domt like that the tenant is a smoker.

Also....you absolutely can screen the tenants....you are not "forced" to take anyone.To help mitigate the risk of having potential tenants that are "a little rough around the edges I make sure of the following.No Smokers, Period....not even vapers or cigarsNo Drug Users PeriodNO Previous Evictions from within the last 10 yearsNo felonies No pets, period.I have Section 8 tenants in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Alameda County (Oakland, CA) and Contra Costa County (Concord, CA).....and it works.

Just bought a duplex and updating one of the units that previously had a heavy smoker.

There's lots of legal reasons you can reject someone - they're obnoxious, rude, pushy, a smoker, associate with drug dealers, etc.

Applicant must be a non-smoker.

Are they smokers?