The 1 BR condo I rent is small, and even if my Tenants kept the place sparkling clean, they have a lot of "stuff", and having the place shown while they are still occupying it will just accentuate the lack of storage space.

Now maybe I'm just wanting a perfect world, and need to give in to some imperfections in the deal, but it seems that the places would yield higher values if they're shown with fresh paint, sparkling clean, and no junk piled in the bedrooms.

After suffering bad reviews for cleanliness issues on Port Bolivar, we found a great company in Galveston who has completely changed our cleanliness reviews to “sparkling clean”, every review. 

It's awesome to be able to change out what ever it is & put something different back & make it sparkle.  

My pool is always sparkling clean and I charge for usage to offset the gas costs. 

Thanks for your thoughts on "Sparkle City" as they call it, great info!

I also give my housekeeper a small bonus every time a guest checks that the house was sparkling clean in their review.

You don't come to them until AFTER you have the asset, which is fully renovated and sparkling, and you get the place appraised.

We know that we have a sparkling great home that will attract great renters, and mostly, we are super proud of it.

Market rent is about $2,200 right now, and could go as high as $3,000 if I added some sparkle (or an additional bedroom).My wife and I wants to buy it from him, but we're trying to figure out the best way to do it to reduce taxes (property / assessment, income, excise) and puts us all in a better financial situation (short-term and long-term).If they were to sell it on the open market for $300k, they'd incur 10% selling costs (closing costs, realtor commissions, excise tax) of $30k and get $270k in cash before taxes.