A simple power wash and / or exterior paint job can help for some older homes too...Don't waste your money putting berber carpet in this - you won't get that back ever.

My last tenants at another property didn't report a washing machine water pipe leak for TWO days.

She didn't get that mindset because that park ran like a well oiled machine on its own.      

I get the depreciation in the first tax year but essentially just pay it back in the sale so it's a wash in that 1 year/1 day. 

Who here has ever owned a car wash?

Wash, rinse , repeatA few specific questions please :1.

Whether buying or selling, I wouldn't wash the laundry in front of the other party. 

It seems she has never used a clothes washing machine either, as she has numerous questions about that too.  

The ARV's are usually based on retail sales not sales of rental properties.. that's why anyone buying a rental in any mid west rental market no matter what they pay for it basically will not realize phantom paper equity unless your a highly sophisticated marketing machine that can sell out of state

They are now having relationship issues and the house is suffering along with them, its really messy, not like a crack house, but everything is on top of counters, dirty clothes piling up, floors haven't been washed in months.