Lei L.
Do you allow pet in your rental home? Do you allow smoke inside?
If allowed, how much do you charge for pets?And smoke inside?Thanks.
Andrew Ferris
Rehabing smokers apartment
Bought a 5-plex 6 months ago. Previous owner lived in one unit and chain smoked for 30 years. I have rehabbed all the units, but can’t get the cigarette smoke out of that unit. I’ve redone the floors, painted the wall...
William Coet
Preventing Tenants From Disabling Smoke Alarms. Suggestions?
I am seeking suggestions for how to prevent tenants from disabling smoke alarms. Verbal warnings and statements written into the lease may not be effective. I've seen plastic bags taped over alarms!!This is importan...
Kyle Perry
Legal Weed: To Allow or Not, that is the question
Do those of you that have rentals in states where weed is now legal allow your tenants to possess, use or even grow in your properties? Just curious as I am getting ready to invest in a weed friendly state and wanted ...
Tyler Gerhold
Medical Marijuana, Ohio
Hey BP community! I recently discovered a tenant of mine has their medical card and has been smoking in one of my units. I use the lease supplied with The Book on Managing Rental Properties By Brandon Turner. Here is ...
James Defazio
Can I keep the security deposit in full?
When I bought this house with a mother in law suite I inherited a renter in the little attached unit. Since she was section 8 housing (which was an absolute nightmare to set up) we immediately signed a new lease which...
Andrew Carlson
Weed and junk cars?
We’ve got one tenant smoking weed in their apartment regularly. We’ve told them to quit, left nice notes, and have had the sheriff knock on their door (didn’t answer even though they were home). How do we get them to ...
Michael McDevitt
Marijuana Question from a Prospective Tenant
I live in Colorado, where both medical & recreational marijuana is legal. Today, I just listed my best rental home on Zillow. It is in an exclusive neighborhood, and is a very nice large home. In fact, it will ...
Nicholas TenBrink
Removing Cigarette Smoke Odor From Wood Paneling
Hi everyone,I'm looking at purchasing a property that has been inhabited by two heavy indoor smokers, they've been smoking indoors for 25+yrs in the property and it reeks heavily of cigarette smoke(even as a former sm...
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 ...