There are some complex structures to mitigate that for sure where the owner might hold assets in a blind trust with no control but you are a one man show and that won't ever pass the smell test to a judge.Asset protection is all about risk tolerance.

I have been making my list of things to be explicitly clear about as a landlord one day, and now I'll have to really process whether or not this is a battle I want to fight with tenants! 

He smokes and has the hallway smelling like sweat.

You could have plead ignorance, but now that you know, it would be fraud and you absolutely will lose this battle....you got the money, the buyer got nothing.  

On this menu it tells you where each and every ingredient is from what it tastes like what it smelled like in great detail. 

If you show it now, the prospects will see a dirty house and it will smell like the current guy.

Remember, your house will look and smell like her current residence within 3 months of her moving in.  

Good luck, fighting the battle myself!

The smell fades over time but getting the residue off the walls exponentially speeds up the process.Fires aren't that common, and I have had little experience with them.

I've been to many fire damaged properties, and aside from the physical damage caused by fire, you have the smell of smoke to deal with, and that may include the contents, cabinets, walls, floor, window frames, etc.