Maybe add into your lease that the carpet needs to be steam cleaned when they move out (they need to provide a receipt for the rental of the machine or from the cleaning service). 

Electric $900/mo. 

In this case, you’d likely want to work with a real estate attorney to make sure everything’s clean and the title is transferred properly.Good luck!

You need to do more than a day of fixups - painting, carpet steam cleaned, cleaning all drawers and appliances, exterior touchups.You have a "perfect" process set out, but it's one that will push you to make a bad tenant decision and not vet them properly.

I'll buy them and clean them up, but we wont participate in the program.

Then the partnership can be on title as the owner of both current properties and then the partnership can be the consistent taxpayer for a clean 1031 exchange.

Every turnover will cost you money due to vacancy, Plus you run the risk of additional losses from unpaid rent, cleaning, and repairs.

If you did a septic complete and well drilled and electrical to the space then that has value in appraisal.

Setting up a team (cleaning crew, handymen) early on will help you balance your workload and minimize stress.

That was cleaned up.