If you spend it now, you lose your leverage for the rest of the lease, and you'll have nothing to handle unpaid rent, cleaning, or repairs after termination.You are starting down a dangerous path.

But hold on to all communications with them regarding this beause if this goes ballistic, THEY have a great deal of liability in this.2) As @Nathan Gesner said, get a new Mold Remediation Company and have them go over the entire house 100% and re-treat it, then give you a written certification that it is safe and clean.3) Get rid of your brother too.

Constantly juggling guest messages, cleaning schedules, and last-minute bookings can turn the dream of passive income into a daily grind.But with the right automation tools, STR management can be not only hands-off but also more profitable.

To protect the floor or more importantly the lower level ceiling in the case of a leak/overflow form the washer. 99% of them never do anything their entire life. i would have balked at a $500 estimate for that job.Ps.

I have a question about what’s working in your markets when it comes to floor plans and features.

Are floors typically installed before or after the cabinets are put in?

Most experienced people are limited by deal flow, so you offering to bring them deals could be a huge value add to them.And while you are working to meet investors and source deals, I would be doing everything to clean up your credit.  

In my head i picture a some empty room with a printer on the floor and stacks of paper everywhere, having to drive to the post office and handing them a list where they hand type every address one by one. 

However, they’re requesting a mid-stay cleaning without any additional cleaning fees.

Less cleaning but maybe more maintenance.