Does anyone know if I can create a clause in my nonstandard rental provision to assign responsibility of changing the batteries in the smoke detector to the tenant? 

Does anyone know if there are any laws preventing a landlord to have a no smoking clause in the lease agreement? I have a copy of the LL/Tenant Law Handbook for Georgia, this is where my rental property is located, bu...

Hi BP,Quick question for multifamily owners.We have had several tenants in a 4 unit building complain about noise (video games and small children yelling) mainly on the weekends and late at night as well as cigarette ...

What’s the best way to handle a tenant who has breached the contract on smoking? 

I was wondering. As many tenants will tell you to your face that they do not have a cat or dog, and then try to sneak them in...

What about the following idea: Ad text say "pet friendly" Seems people are more like...

Is there a shortcut to prepping a home for paint when the previous owner smoked in every room?The ceilings are textured (stipple) and they have smoke stains on them. The walls are smoke stained. And the home is rather...

Last year when I advertised for my rental I stated "No smokers, no pets".Applicant stated on his applicantion that he does NOT smoke. We even talked about this in our interview with him, also. Although my lease stat...

I have an inherited tenant from a property I purchased from a tired landlord.The tenant is great: pays on time, takes care of his own maintenance, also agreed to pay higher rents to match market prices, etc. He's a sm...

We have a property that was occupied by life long smokers. We have kilz'd everything, used ozone generators, thoroughly cleaned duct work and vents, cleaned out dryer vent, replaced all cabinets, kilz'd and replaced a...

Hi,I have tenants that are ignoring the no smoking addendum in their lease and smoking both weed and cigarettes in their unit daily.  So far I've only communicated via text or face-to-face that they are violating thei...