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.

Are you looking for a full studs deep remodel, lipstick, or the carpets and paint?

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 owner never bothered since they were only there during the times of the year when they felt it wasn't needed. 2) There is no washer and dryer, 3) the home is a 2 bed 2 bath plus a basement, which the basement needs some paint on the walls and new carpet, but not much.

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.

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