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Tips on how to keep short-term rental guests from smoking in unit
Hey BP -- I have a handful of short-term rentals and have them operating pretty smoothly. The only issue I seem to be running into is keeping people from smoking inside of the units (here and there). I'm looking for p...
Eric Kulling
Cigarette Smell - how to remove?
Any tips on how to get cigarette smell out of house? I don’t smell it but a lot of potential buyers say they can and it’s not a good first impression. I think it must be in the carpet...maybe removing is the best bet....
Shannon Sadik
Would you take a smoker who promises to quit?
We just closed on a very nice home and are asking a higher rent for it. It's outside of the summer months when this house would typically rent and we have been struggling to find tenants. We have two young men who are...
Eric Calabrese
The process of an eviction
Hey fellow pocketers! So I finally have a home and I got my first bite on a tenant. She seems like a nice woman from speaking with her, good income pretty bad credit but it's typical for the area. Being extra cautious...
Doug Webb
Tenant and Marijuana
Ok so I have a duplex with a top unit short-term rental, and a bottom unit long-term rental. We are in Seattle, and the bottom unit tenants will frequently sit out on their deck below and smoke marijuana (perfectly l...
Jacob R. Crosby
How to prove tenants is smoking in unit legally
Hello everyone!I recently bought a duplex with tenants living in it. On one of the side the tenants was smoking inside and had been for 4 years. When we did there lease we talked to them about how they will not be abl...
Ted Trost
How to Enforce a No-Smoking Rule
Hi. I've seen many landlords here state that they do not allow smoking in their buildings, and that they prohibit that in their leases. If you are willing to evict for this type of lease violation (smoking in the apa...
Linda Thomas
Smoking marijuana inside rentals
All,With medical marijuana being legalized in my state I have some tenants that are smoking it inside the property do you believe that this can cause the same damage as smoking cigarettes inside a property do I need t...
Brad Z.
Smoking in Units
Do you allow smoking in middle to low income areas? I have completely rehabbed a property and would like to find solid non smoking tenants but will that seriously deter renters? Its a two unit, with 1 unit per floor. ...
Christine Swaidan
Changing Multi-Family to Non-Smoking
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...