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I know a landlord who says
IF IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CLEAN AFTER A SMOKER HAS LIVED THERE, SO BE IT. , yOU HAVEN/T SEEN ANYTHING UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD SOME OF THE NON SMOKERS he has had. wow
yOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE CLEAN UP, THE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
gIVE him A SMOKER ANYTIME. iF ALL he HAs TO DO IS PAINT OR WASH WALLS. THEY ARE GREAT!!!!!!!
fact is, lots of tenents bring something with them for you to clean up after they leave. Its the nature of the beast. If you complain about everything then get out of the business. then again there are the great tenents too. Most of them are. hes running 50 50 there is a balance

Walnut, we are not talking idividuals... you can always get a bad individual, smoking or non smoking. I am discussing the baseline... as a baseline smoking requires more cleanup there is no way around it... does that mean that there is never a non smoker who thoroughly trashes an apartment? Of course not. Does that mean there is never a smoker who thoroughly trashes an apartment? Of course not. As a whole however a smoking unit requires more money and time to get ready for the next tenant, just as a unit with pets will require more time and money to get ready for the next tenant. And while security deposits can cover the expenses of the repairs/clean up they don't cover the lost time of the unit not being rented.