I'm assuming for the water damage, something spilled and they didn't mop it up or they had the dogs water bowl on the floor and water go onto the floor and wasn't cleaned up-if either of those are the case, then I'd explain that to them.If the floor is damaged and eventually needs to be replaced, I would not replace it if they are going to stay there. 

If you already have your financial system in place, then I would guess the bookkeeper would only need to do some minor clean up and there be no set up involved.

Hey @Tom Pubins - I would highly suggest using www.hemlane.com they syndicate to many different sites and have a very clean platform to manage tenant screening. 

I have considered carpet but that won’t help with the heating issues.

Clean up the house and upgrade then sale again after 2 years.  

She told me she would start showing it when it is vacant and clean and ready.

Now in 2021 I got 225 a night with a $150 cleaning fee and was 98% occupied may-aug and never adjusted prices due to not knowing about demand as well as pricing tools.Last summer I didn't see as great of prices just because of how crazy 2021 was but was still full.

Appreciate some feedback.I had a tenant, ironically also in Gaithersburg (hope it’s not the same person because she was a pain in the *** lol) but she wanted a new carpet we paid half, she paid her half via us uppping the rent $50 over what it otherwise would have been, so that’s always a creative option, however I wouldn’t want gas at my property if I could avoid it, always a risk of a leak or worse so I’d probably lean towards saying no to this specific request. 

Many times, looks worse than it really is .Its a piece of sheetrock or two, 20 bux , clean up, repair the leak, 250. 

I purchased a foreclosure that sat on a suburban lot that was flat, needed repairs, cleaning and most of all the lot was large enough for as many as three homes.