Seems like the tenants before you were growers and left a bad image before you . Was there a bust at the house pre - mmj ?
No there wasn;t. But, Yes, the dude was growing... I later found out that the bad meth head nabe was the reason they moved out and bought a second house, to rent this one to Me. No one told me about him until much, much later. I was clued into having a problem on morning one.
What had happened was that MH nabe was camping out often on his lot behind the house, when the LL was still living there. He was a problem individual fo sho. She had daughters, and a hot tub right there, in addition to mammoth mammaries, and was probably fearful for them all (the town is #2 in sexual assaults in the state). With BF being a prominent grower, (and a pretty-boy transplanted SOCal Asshole surfer, probably 10 years younger than her) a fight could have ended it all for the family.
Angry MH - No house no nothing on the lot. Just hanging out, building bonfires and drinking. This is only legally allowed 1 week a month or some such.
Due to the small town nature of life there, when Miss Big Fake Tits - who had previously divorced (and cleaned out) a prominent Fishing company's owner, called to report this meth head camper, the sherriff almost immediately extricated Him from the land.
By the time I signed the lease, knowing none of this, of course, He had put up a manufactured house, not 5 feet from the property line (separated by lots of foliage tho). Our problems continued until the second summer, when I took radical steps, and turned the tables on Him. A story for another time, but he surrendered to me, much to my surprise, after I got REAL creative in dealing with Him. Again, this all happened in "Legal" Mendo Coastal.
It just seems like regardless, the stigma exists in all states, MMJ or not.
But, I have a good plan for next spring. And my present 5 light grow looks real nice, so it's all good.