I'm a new landlord in a HCOL area with lots of highly paid young professionals. I have a well qualified applicant (2 friends whom lived together before), but one of them let me know they smoke. They assured me they wo...

Hello, Happy Holidays, BP! Question for you guys: with the impending legalization of weed, can landlords legally require their tenants not to smoke marijuana on the private premises? Thanks.

Hi Everyone,I currently have a tenant who is smoking on the property. She accidentally gave herself up on a phone call. The lease states no smoking is permitted in or on the premises. She also stated on her applicatio...

Hello BP,I was at my rental house this morning making a repair.  The house smells so strongly of cigarettes that I still smell like an ash tray after spending less than 30 minutes inside.  The tenant is fully aware th...

One year ago I decided that as tenants left I would transition to non-smoking. All new move-ins sign a no smoking agreement as part of their rental package. We've definitely had some bumps in the road but I'm toying w...

Preamble:  We don't announce that we are the owners, we don't hide it, but it never comes up.  We have a logo and a company name for all our properties, we look like a business.  We sign the owner line on the lease, b...

Everyone raves about the vinyl flooring but no one is mentioning the problem I cannot overlook: the stuff smells absolutely horrible.

How do you d the smell from the place?!

Hello,Looking for some advice here. I am not sure what to do. I live in one side of a duplex and renting out the other side. There is a shared laundry room. My current tenants have paid on time every month, and every ...

3 am Sunday a tenant smoking on the apartment porch carelessly discarded a cigarette and started a fire that destroyed the top 4 units in a 24 unit building. Fortunatley no one was hurt and the firemen saved the rest ...

Of course, the best way to save money on cigarettes is to quit. I know, I know.

But it's not me, it's my husband. He smokes 3 packs a day and is not planning to quit (been married 26 years - he isn't going ...