A long term inherited tenant who smokes has asked me to repaint her living room.  She’s paid her rent on time for 7yrs so I don’t mind doing it for her.  Since she’s still smoking and the paint will eventually stain a...

Hi everyone,

We are looking at a 4 unit property. It's a great deal, great area, and would be great cash flow, but there has been a smoker in there for 60 years (owner). His unit is very smoke damaged, and 2/3 other...

I have a three family home that has been a challenge and just as I think I’ve stabilized it I’m faced with an upstairs tenant who complains of overwhelming cigarette smoke filtering into her apartment causing extreme ...

Hello BP,I'm writing to post an update to this post, and share the details of our first deal.  We were originally looking at a triplex in our local area (linked post), although the seller wasn't willing to budge on th...

I recently bought a duplex where the lower has some soot and smoke damage from the old fire.  The house is structurally sound and safe.  I am looking for some advice on how others have tackled this issue.  Thanks.

i am going out of my comfort zone here, but here are the numbers (they dont lie).

Brick duplex on a crawl space (never seen one before. seen either vinyl or wood)

2 section 8 tenants (7 yrs, 5 yrs)
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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...

Hey everyone! I have a tenant set to move in three days, luckily I was able to get in early to get maintenance an repairs going in prep for the next tenant. However, my visit last week revealed massive amounts of ciga...

Of all the problems that I could be having on the rehab of a house for a buy & hold, I find myself stewing over the cost of a bathroom vanity.  Not only the price, but the stupid games that are played, e.g. Base c...

We are inheriting a tent at who smokes in their unit. And it reeks of smoke. She is a great tent at and has lived there for 10 years. How do you handle the smoke damage and to the unit when/if she moves out? Do we cha...