Instead, we had someone clean and do light landscaping before putting it back on the market.

We have chosen to upgrade to flat top stoves and self cleaning ovens that are black.

I have been a painter for more than 40 years and I can routinely repaint apartment turnovers for less than $1000.00 per unit.

So I've poked around real estate investing, and I understand there are support services that might be useful for the real estate industry such as clean up services when old tenants move out.

.- $25/hr for extreme maintenance circumstances (ie hurricane clean up)Thats it... neat, simple, easy to understand, AND transparent.

If you do a scope most of the time you end up doing an auger cleaning to remove tree roots or some sort of build up. 

My father is a GC & I would do all of the paperwork, deals, & cleaning.

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.

If you show it during the week and the applicant is a home run (good credit, good income, clean background, strong job history, landlord references, etc.) then you can approve that applicant and tell the weekend people that it has already been rented. 

It is waterproof, scratch proof, durable, & easier to clean in between tenants.