Over the last (3) years I have seen some extreme cases of expedited equity where an investor buys an older home or "Ugly Inventory" and then bats clean up on the ARV in 12 months.To give you an example I helped an investor refinance her home in 2023 pull cash out to buy a $65K home all cash.

Plumbing: The plumber spent hours cleaning out “flushable wipes” from the pipes.

Since you mentioned a construction site injury in your initial post, the best way to proactively avoid premises liability claims is by keeping a clean worksite.

Following dinner my partner and I went to tend to a B&B guest and one of the friends “cleaned up dinner”.

Direct expenses are expenses directly attributable to the rental units (ex: rental unit repairs/cleaning, advertising, rental adm exp, etc)

Most of the time is spent answering guest inquiries, scheduling cleanings, and handling the occasional issue that pops up.

I'd rather have a property remain vacant to I can spend time cleaning up and getting it ready and back-online so it could be available for someone else to rent.

If the kitchen was not cleaned properly, it certainly should have been. 

The moderators have since cleaned it up.

Get your credit cleaned up, ditch the car payment and find a side hustle to grow capital.