[HamiltonJay]

While I don't agree with the law, as a landlord myself, honestly, I prefer not to rent to smokers just because of the inate damage they do to my property. I've painted and cleand and replaced enough smoke ruined walls and carpets in my day...

[funkywbr]

How about people from india, you rent to them?

[TheRightGuy]

While I don't agree with the law, as a landlord myself, honestly, I prefer not to rent to smokers just because of the inate damage they do to my property

And that's just the point! You should be able to decide whatever you want to do with your property. But government has no right to make those decisions.

[Great Dane]

#20........ As a landlord, you have the right not to accept smokers as tenants, counting on the government to do the deed for you, is not the way to go.

[bluzcat]

I will let you in on a trade secret.
There is a deoderizer called "last resort" made by unsmoke.
It is officially a fire damage deoderizer, but it works wonders on smoking odors, "muslim" odors (curry can do a LOT of damage, and they dont ever open windows) and it can even eliminate cat urine, most of the time, as long as the pad and backing and floor are sprayed. And sealing with polyurethane is much better than kilz, if the urine has reached the floor.

if You ever get a lot of cig burns, most of the time it is only on the top of the carpet, then a good pair of duckbill scissors will do the trick, just cut the nap until the black is gone.

Another tip for smoked out apartments....spray the last resort on a furnace filter, let the fan run 24 hours. And of course, if you dont have an ozone machine, as a landlord, I highly recommend that investment. Another good remedy is odor blocks, placed on a blower fan, for 48 hours.

If you doubt the ability of my knowledge, consider this...I helped clean out the 55gal. barrels here in Kansas City, that Jim Robinson buried 2 Women in...We got the barrels with about 2 foot of sludge/liquid in them, to be cleaned so the jury could see thier "graves". the last resort worked to deoderize that odor, which I promise, was the worst odor to ever be on this earth.

And no, I dont work for this company, just giving a tip for free, after using almost every product out there at one time or another.

[philetus]

How much deposit money do you collect before someone moves into your apt. building?

Cigarette smoke ruined walls???
You mean you have to tear out the walls and replace them because they need to be washed and painted?

When you rent to non-smokers, you don't have to paint between tennants?

If a smoker rents from you for 1 year and then moves out, you put in new carpet?
I usually just have them cleaned unless they are threadbare because they haven't been replaced during the last 10 tennants.