u/Artistic_Sock_3196

I have been living in a villa for about two years now. The neighbors are nice and everyone seems to follow the rules. A couple of months ago, someone new moved into the upstairs room. At first, everything was normal, but then I started noticing a cigarette smell coming from the bathroom. I thought it was coming from outside, so I went out to check, but no one was smoking outside (it happened before that someone was smoking outside of our window). So now I think this new person is smoking inside her room. I have seen her in the smoking zone, but it's more often that I smell the smoke in my house. My bathroom and living room are starting to smell like cigarettes, and I have a cat with breathing problems that for sure will be affected by the smoke.

How can I resolve this in the nicest way? I don't want to have issues with the neighbor, especially because I have cats and I know sometimes people can create fake stories about it, but I also can't keep living like this.

Hi, I am a Spanish tutor and I have been with Preply since the end of last year. When I started, I was charging $10, and thanks to great reviews, I was able to double my class price in a couple of months.

This student was my second student on the app. She is paying $10 a class, and overall I enjoy teaching her because she mainly wants to focus on conversations and she has a fun personality

She is booking me for 3 or 4 classes per week, but in reality, she is only taking 1, maybe 2. She told me her boss is paying for the classes and that she is happy to pay me for my availability, so she waits 30 minutes before the class to cancel, just to make sure that I will get paid.

The issue is that I only do Preply part-time because of my availability, and I am starting to feel that I am losing the opportunity to give those spots to other students who would pay double for it.

I also don't want to increase her rate, because we have been together only for about 6 months, and I think I need at least a year to increase the price.