We added value to the Donna Kay deal in Nashville, TN, by first cleaning and clearing out the property.

You saved time and energy and money to have to file eviction, wait for them to be remvoed, then clean up, then put it back on market.  

We added value to the Donna Kay deal in Nashville, TN, by first cleaning and clearing out the property.

You deal with pool cleaners and house cleaners both not wanting to take responsibility to clean the pool deck.

Yard work, cleaning, painting, mowing, etc though were paid. 

Only thing I will add is if you rent by the room, you also have to factor in landscaping costs (mowing the grass) and ideally cleaning of common areas (eg weekly cleaning service).  

This property was super clean as it which made it a perfect candidate for either a flip or a rental.

Wife and daughter don't like them as they make it hard to clean their hair of shampoo.

During this whole time I mucked around in tiny crawl spaces with mouse crap and snakes, cleaned sewage off of myself more than once, made at least two emergency room visits (one for drilling a hole straight through my hand installing cabinet knobs), sweated my *** off in attics in the summer.

You can clean up other aspects of title that remain later, including prior defects in the chain of title and liens, but the original deed and the nature of the interest(s) granted, do not change.