Put over 100k into the full gut, pushing through the 203k rehab for 7 months during peak COVID and finally I was two weeks out from finishing/closing out the construction loan and renting out the first unit, then I had to hit the reset, gut the place and start over due to soot/severe smoke damage from a neighbor's house fire.

I have been here making repairs for the past couple weeks and one of the tenants is smoking marijuana constantly with a 2 year old girl in the unit. 

The cons that I had experienced was that the tenants would smoke marijuana and complain to have things fixed.

The local housing authority never inspects, they never cut the grass or do other maintenance, have numerous unauthorized occupants, and all have phones, smokes and no jobs. 

They are suing for lose toilet, no screen on a window, non-working outlet in bathroom, pests, hall light not working (light bulb needed to be replaced) and non-functioning smoke alarm (they never replaced the batteries).

Beyond scrubbing the walls + painting, pulling carpet, sanding and applying a few coats onto the hardwoods, do you all have any other tips/tricks or favourite things to do when re-habbing a unit - especially since she certainly smoked inside?

They do a super brief inspection (like open the door and look for a smoke detector) and sign your paperwork and leave.

Your smoking "hopeium"! 

I convinced them to forgo the sprinklers as i put in hard wired smokes. 

We also write in our leases that we can inspect smoke detectors once a month, so we can enter the properties regularly and take a look around.