Matt R.
Is a fee for smoking enforceable?
The lease signed by one of my inherited tenants contains a strict non-smoking policy that includes a clause citing a $200 fee per incident. I hadn't really thought about enforcing this policy until very recently, when...
Brian Detlefsen
Smoking Tenant Caused a Fire
Today, I got a call from one of my tenants saying that he smells smoke in his apartment and he called the fire department. When I got there, the fire department located and extinguished the fire. It was at the base of...
Randy Landman
Rent paid with lottery ticket
Well I've received cash, check, money orders, cashiers checks, and electronic debt for rent payments in the past. But today for the first time someone handed me a winning lottery ticket to pay for their rent. It j...
Eric Anderson
Vaping in Your House or Apartments
I see discussion about smoking and no-smoking in rentals.What experiences/issues have you encountered due to vaping in your properties?Does it make clean up and turning a vacant unit more difficult?Is there an odor in...
Dan Sears
New Investor looking to dive in deep
I am a business owner from Grand Rapids, MI with ~100 employees, and I have read several Robert Kiyossaki books, (increase your financial IQ, Cash flow Quadrant, Loopholes of Real estate and a couple more) I am just ...
Vicki Gleitz
smoking rules
My son has already decided that he wants no tobacco smoking in his rental[e-cigs are fine] Colorado has legal cannabis. Would it be alright to ask tenants to either smoke recreationally only in the back yard unless t...
Brooke Roundy
Tenant marijuana smoking nuisance
I have a four unit building in Cleveland, one unit is an STR listed on Airbnb and the rest are LTRs. One of my LTR tenants is a heavy marijuana smoker and the smell is invading my Airbnb. I have now received numerous ...
Michael Shadow
Huge apartment fire down the street
There was a huge apartment fire down the street from one of my buildings last night. They got everyone out ok so no one was hurt, thank God. 18 apartments destroyed and 2 commercial spaces, one was rented by our sta...
Bailey A.
Tenant Smoking On Property
Hi Everyone,I currently have a tenant who is smoking on the property. She accidentally gave herself up on a phone call. The lease states no smoking is permitted in or on the premises. She also stated on her applicatio...
Ferny Espinoza
Vaping and rentals
Does anyone with a no smoking policy allow tenants to 'vape' inside of your rental property?