Rent ready requirements - need advice

[Andrew Hinspater]

Hi Bigger pockets community,

I’m seeking some advice on a frustrating situation we're dealing with. We bought a property that passed inspection and thought we were on our way to a successful rental. However, it's been six months since we hired a property management company, and the property is still not rent-ready.

Now, the management company is telling us that we need to spend $8,000 to get the property rent-ready after a pagedale occupancy inspection. This includes things like cutting down the grass and installing a drain in the basement. We don’t feel these are necessary, especially considering that the property already passed inspection when we bought it.

We're concerned that we might be getting taken advantage of, and that these costs are inflated or unnecessary. We want to ensure the property is safe and habitable, but these expenses seem excessive. Any advice to clearly seem minimum rental requirements for st louis so we can bring this to their attention or better inform our own situation would he great.

Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? How did you handle it? Any advice on how to push back or verify what actually needs to be done would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

P.S we were quoted 2300 to remove overgrown vegetation along fenceline and trim the bushes in the front yard. 4000 to install a drain and the base of the exterior stairwell for drainage.