I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.

As for returning the deposit if there was clean up, hopefully you took photos of the condition of the home once it was vacant and have an itemized bill to present the former tenant. 

No update of common area finishes although clean and well maintained.

We plan to let them start their maintainance and clean this month and just raise $100 MTM rent so we can both win-win.

I got permission to 'stabilize it"--clean and fix broken things only. 

The neighborhood I'm looking in is a pretty rough, which is why homes are so cheap, but the opportunity is there to provide clean, safe, and affordable housing for a Section 8 voucher holder.

Lots of maintenance and cleaning.

The Cleaning Fee will be distributed to the Cleaner 1:1.

If you have a clean file my LO can close 10-14 days after going under contract.Data for July indicates that we are seeing increased days on market, increased active listings, and will likely see increased new listings, so your agent should be able to find a solid house hack option in the Denver area within 2-4 weeks. 

Are the tenants units clean and taken care of?