I don’t know why a landlord would put up with smokers.

Smokers cause huge damage to property and they stink the place up and scare away nice tenants.

I just got an apartment back that reeked.  It took a full paint job and a ton of chemicals to finally make the apartment livable.  We lost a couple weeks rent because we had to shut the apartment up and bomb it with anti-smoke concoctions, clean every square inch, and then air it out.

By the way, the lady that lived in that apartment, who repeatedly lied when we tried to find out who the smoker was after numerous complaints and notices, wanted her deposit back!

Luckily, we were able to save the carpet.

We have a little complex in escrow at the time of this writing, that is full of smokers.  It’s nasty.  We have a big job ahead of us.  But we’ll be able to raise rents significantly just by getting rid of the smokers and the stench.

That’s what real estate agents call upside potential!