A bright red grape juice stain on white or beige carpet is damage beyond normal wear and tear.As far as the garbage and the dumpster, if there is trash removal included in your rent, it probably doesn't include furniture or excessive amounts of large pieces of garbage. 

I am a Real Estate Agent and Investment Property Coach with Red 1 Realty here in Columbus.  

Get out of your comfort zone.

Is this worth to invest to STR in Red River gorge.

Listen to http://biggerpockets.com/show65 so you can see how I lost money and have more gray hairs than my age because of a having 20 tenants like yours in a 30+unit building in a war zone of Cincinnati.

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I had the misfortune of making an attempt, and I wish I would have heeded the red flags.

You and your husband were very smart to ask Open Spaces good questions and not ignore the red flags that surfaced through the process. 

i called the city of Tampa and talked to the division responsible for zoning for houses.

Now, of course, every city and state is different, but that is a red flag that it may not even be a real notice?