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No apparent structural damage, but will be able to confirm after the inspection.

If a tenant is damaging property or causing a hazardous condition, that would be something you can enforce (I presume your state laws have prohibitions in this regard, or your lease agreement as well).

You have no damages at this point.

So you can work for free or you can use the deposit for what it's there for, covering damages, cleaning etc.

During the inspection the inspector found structural damage to the property in the crawl space.

The inspection is an opportunity to (a) document the condition of the rental so I can track tenant damages from that day forward, (b) look into any maintenance issues the tenants may be concerned with, and (c) notify them that a new lease is coming and what that entails.As for rent increases, I don't ever recommend keeping tenants more than 10% below market.

Not dealing with bad tenants (letting them pay late, do damage, etc.)Understand that vacancy is better than having a bad tenant.

And unless they're damaging the unit, I don't think I would go so far as to evict them for not paying the deposit, it will end up costing you more.What you might be able to do (check with an attorney) is charge them a late fee for not paying the deposit.

in the last picture with the white PVC drain lines, the floor joists don't look too great but its always hard to tell in pics but there could be some rot or pest damage there.