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Account Closed Cigarette Smoke remediation
11 October 2015 | 6 replies

Hi guys,Has anyone ever used thermal fogging or an ozone machine to get rid of the smoke smell? If so, did either or both work well? Looking to get a place rent ready but was previously lived in by a heavy smoker. Tha...

Brenda Whittaker Tenant Disaster, Total Destruction, Rehab Financing Question
5 October 2017 | 2 replies

Hi all!  So, long distance landlord, short story is my good paying 8 year tenants completely destroyed my house.  This is because I failed in many ways.  I did not check the interior regularly, I did not screen them p...

James J Canull Washington Blvd Cosmetic Flip
24 August 2024 | 2 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $380,000

Cash invested: $60,000

Sale price: $525,000

I was asked by the realtor to give the owner recommendatio...

Maura O'Connor Is there a good cigarette smoke detector with WiFi or memory?
25 October 2022 | 16 replies

I would appreciate any recommendation for a cigarette smoke detector that either can be checked remotely by WiFi or that has a memory function.  I have a tenant in one of my units in a nonsmoking building who is smoki...

Stephen E. Smokers, outdoors/indoors, declared and otherwise
29 August 2014 | 7 replies

I am stunned at the number of smokers that are out there in the rental pool. Right now out of seven units I have four smokers, all of which claim to be 'outdoors' smokers, two of which I discovered subsequent to leasi...

Nate Mollenhauer Extreme Cigarette Smoke
17 June 2014 | 8 replies

I am looking at a flip that has extreme cigarette smoke to the point where a mask was needed to view the property. I have heard of Kilz, but have not used it in the past. Short of demo to the studs, is there any ...

Matthew Charde Telling tenant no regarding painting
4 March 2022 | 7 replies

What is a good way to tell your tenant no when they ask about painting the apartment themselves. There is no need for painting they just want a different color.

Account Closed Does anybody allow smoking indoors?
7 November 2016 | 10 replies

With the recent outbreak of marijuana paranoia by uneducated people...I'm wondering how many, if any, allow smoking (cigarettes) inside your unit? I'm starting to wonder if there isn't a market here like there is for ...

Account Closed Tips on how to keep short-term rental guests from smoking in unit
4 February 2020 | 3 replies

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...

JP Desmet Best way to evict brand-new roommate in house hack situation?
20 August 2020 | 3 replies

I house hack my primary residence; and last week a new tenant moved in. This morning I went into their room after they left to look at installing a window AC for them. To my shock, the room was full of smoke/nicotine ...