Don’t know much about Memphis as a city itself though, I just know crime was a problem back in the day, is that still the case or is the city getting cleaned up and growing?

The odors are not always easy to eliminate within the normal apartment turnover routine.

Trash cleans you know. 

Conducting a thorough property inspection or consulting a contractor can help identify potential large-ticket items you might need to replace soon.For make-ready costs, you can look at local averages for common turnover tasks like repainting, carpet cleaning, or minor repairs.

Typically  issues are raised when the exterior is not kept up with / parking on grass / garbage in neighborhoods where everyone takes pretty good care of their homes.If you keep it clean and run a tight ship, you should be okay most of the time.

While we didn’t need significant updates, our team focused on cleaning, staging, and marketing to highlight the home's features.

Instead, there should be dollar amounts assigned to specific events, i.e. demolition complete with full haul off, floors broom cleaned, no nails left in studs or subfloors $1,500.Plumbing rough in complete and rough in inspection passed: $4000Final plumbing completed $5000I am clearly making up dollar amounts, but look for these types of bids on large projects.  

That might be especially attractive to folks who want to shed the clothes they wear at work to keep their living space more clean.

Do the Airbnb discounting, price a little under market, make sure your cleaning fees are at or below average, looser cancellation policies will all help.

I would assume the purchase contract has a clause that states title is clean and there no encroachments.