I think the most I've ever kept after move out was $100 to touch up baseboards...puppy in a very small unit.

It's also easy to touch up, whereas a damaged natural wood finish may be more of a problem.

It's not bad enough work for me to have to "re-do" any of it completely, not sure the next tenants would even notice, but I do because it was my former house, and I know how nice it was.I did touch up paint a lot of doorways and do much better cleaning, and I'll be charging them for that time.

You can never touch up white.

I tried to reason with the guy and said the paint was done last year, any touchup needed was done but he would not buy that, he wanted everything to be painted again along with other things.At this point, I told him that I cannot spend that much to satisfy him, I am willing to break this lease and we can both go our ways, he threatens again saying that we have a contract and he needed to get this property.

I marketed the unit available on the 15th which I did rent for that day, and budgeted cleaning, touch ups and carpet shampoo.

I use Silver Drop in most rooms, and by sticking by to just that one color, I usually just need to touch up between tenants rather than paint the entire place again.If you're going to allow them to paint, have it in the lease that it has to be done by a professional (approved by you) and that you have to approve the color as well.Most people think they can paint when they can't.  

Got it cheap and if you use the same color, it's easier to touch up or just paint from floor to eye level, without having to repaint the whole apartment.The good thing about painting some really neutral color like that, is that it won't go out of style.  

They did send a handyman over to do some touchup paint and extra deep cleaning since the cleaning fee was not refundable.

Cheap labor often requires more oversight.A tenant turnover that has taken good care of the unit is nearly $1k (patch pin holes and touch up paint, steam clean carpet, seal grout/granite, toilet flaps, clean drains, misc).