Chris Cyr
Can I ban smoking for tennants at will?
I purchased a 6 unit recently. There is 1 smoker on the first floor and it is awful. The tenants are all TAW without any written agreement that was passed to me at closing. I am going to implement a no smoking in o...
Yi Zhao
How to evict tenants who are smoking marijuana
Hi BP,
Background: I rented a SFH to Tenants A (upstairs unit) and Tenants B (downstairs unit). Shortly after the house was rented out, Tenants B called and said they have been consistently smelling weed and it will ...
Matt Lawrence
Can I deny a rental application because they smoke
I own a house in Portland Oregon and I have an applicant that says they smoke but they’ll do it out side. We have posted we have a strict no smoking and no pets policy in our two unit building. Is it legal for me the ...
Daniel Dylan
New landlord - Allow a smoker?
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...
Tony Velez
Tenant complaining about another tenant smoking cigs
Hi,In our triplex the third floor tenant texted us yesterday complaining about the second floor tenant smoking cigarettes. There is nothing in our lease that forbids smoking cigarettes. We are not sure how to answer t...
Caleb Sonneman
420 Smokers Applying for Rental
Hey fam! I appreciate your insights and feedback:I have a single-family home I need to rent out long-term. I'm not getting a lot of traction with leads, and am bleeding money each month. I just had someone on FB marke...
Vanessa S.
Tenant’s guest is smoking and loud
Hello everyone- I thought I found a great tenant but my upstairs neighbors have complained that the tenant’s guest smokes cigarettes and marijuana in the patio and the smoke drifts up into their unit. Per my rental ag...
Megan Fisher
Marijuana smell in my rental
Hi Bigger Pockets Community - I am a first time forum poster. I've been enjoying the podcasts for awhile now and have learned quite a bit hearing all your stories. This made me want to bring a question to you all. ...
Dennis Tierney
Smoker started a fire
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 ...
Marc V Palmeri
Smoking violation / tenant security deposit (Massachusetts)
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...