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Well that's great really, I am glad you are a good tenant... world definately could use more of them. However I still won't rent to known smokers.

By the time I put a house up for rent I have generally thousands if not 10s of dollars invested fixing it up from the previous owners who did not take care of the property. And I can tell you time and time again, nto only from my own prior experience landlording, but also my work rehabbing properties... cleaning up after smokers costs $$$... and frankly why should I take that risk? I don't rent my house to people with pets for the same reason.

I know there are owners of pets who do take good care, but I know lots that don't. I'll sell my house to a smoker if he wants to buy it from me, but as far as renting, sorry, not going to happen, company policy.

Your situation got me to wondering about something. Is there any insurance policy available to help with the cost of repairs for damages caused by tenants? If the law only allows for $x then is there any policy available for anything above x?

I would venture a guess that your state legislature would gladly allow a second security deposit to be allowed for a known smoker. Since they villify smokers, the potential added cost would make the legislatures happy. At the same time you would be able to open yourself up to that market and be assured that you could perform the cleaning.

Would either of these be something you could support?