I received an actual phone call from a tenant saying the smoke alarms were going off wanting me to come to the property to see why.

If this woman loved her cat and planned to keep it, she should have found a pet friendly home.... not knowingly moved into a no pet property.She lied on the application and is in violation of her lease.I would not change my pet policy or non-smoking policy for one tenant.

The home does smeel of smoke, especially in the downstairs living room(that was turned into her bedroom).

He is very active in the auction market, and might be able to get your investor a smoking deal!

Not the tenants; they sat and watched TV while Bill and I did the work (even had to bring out own light bulbs as this family tended to save money by never replacing burned out light bulbs).When the unit failed again (because they failed to put in new batteries I left for the smoke detector) we said that's it; we're outta the Section 8 program. 

I also check all smoke detectors and check for water entering the property at that time.

They can smell "smoke" and have found some suspicious items in the yard all while there is a lot of traffic in and out of the apartment.

For instance let's say you deny someone because you believe them to be a messy person or because they smoke pot.  

So long as your deal is fair, usual and customary, not full of all kinds of smoke, where a prudent person would agree you won't have any real competency issues.Good luck :) 

:Originally posted by @Danny Heidle:What are you smoking?