@Bill B. like Bill mentions we go through the house twice before we close with our sheet rock and painters to make sure its perfect .. 

Well my partner and I wound up going inside and I saw his bass guitar and we started talking about playing guitar.

last house I closed for instance we put a Jacuzzi tub in so you need a door to get to the motor we left a note on the stud and sure enough sheet rockers rocked right over it.. buyer comes in and thinks we dont know what we are doing LOL..

I know many buyers will go with the flow and not object, but I'm especially curious about the experienced investors and people who aren't afraid to rock the boat to save some money.

RoundUp and pre-emergent weed blockers/killers, and landscape fabric under crushed stone or river rock will be your friends for the landscaping work.Trash requires a bit more info.

@Scott Trench Not to throw rocks, but you did ask for an example that we have seen a lot of lately.https://www.biggerpockets.com/posts/user/reginab52?

And so on.Memphis, TN and Little Rock, AR are amazing markets for first time investors.

Tear out the old rock.

Purchase price: $213,500 Cash invested: $20,716 Short term rental on Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO.

This way, the cleaning fee gets sent directly to the cleaners, and now we only get our percentage of the nightly rate instead of going back and forth with the owners collecting cleaning fees.I own and manage a few short-term rentals in Indian Rocks Beach, Largo, and Seminole.