The ceilings in the kitchen and some other rooms have greasy stains that required extra prep work when painting.

Purchase price: $196,500 Cash invested: $20,000 Sale price: $285,000 Came in and paved the driveway, added gutters, retaining wall in the front and side of the house, stained the front and back deck, changed electrical in the home, new hot water heater.

A qualified contractor should evaluate and repair as necessary.101) Stains were found in one or more ceiling areas.

A gouge in the floor or a single cracked floor tile, or cracked window pane or mirror corner, a small burn or stain on carpet, etc.

So far, I have received several texts along with pictures of oil stains in the driveway, trash cans being left out for almost a week at a time and snow not being removed on the sidewalk that is in front of the house (north facing, it never melts).

Even after the upper management was presented with the evidence (on numerous occasions) of stained blankets and towels, missing shower curtain and dust ruffles, trash left out in front for days after chewed up by raccoons etc.etc., they STILL protected and made excuses for the PM in charge. 

The walls, AC controller, smoke detectors, etc were all stained yellow.

The next time I need to replace flooring on concrete slab, I am going to try concrete staining.  

So if the carpet is stained or worn and at the end of its life, replace it with something more tenant proof. 

And the beauty of painted cabinets (unlike stained cabinets) is that if someone does bang it up, it's fixable.