As an agent I always tell this to my investor clients who are looking to sell:If it is a single family home - you are better off selling it vacant with fresh paintIf it is a duplex/triplex/quad - leaving one unit vacant and "rent-ready" can be beneficial. 

Start fresh with new numbers and requirements.

Perhaps if they were mostly through their lease I would use the opportunity to sign a fresh lease with no increase as the solution and show them they will save $$$ over any planned increase or just give them a week's free rent or something.

He went out for another issue and he said yep, they were using that tub and the stink is because they put organic oils, fresh flowers and leaves, needles in the tub along with apparently oatmeal. 

There’s not many replies about starting fresh out of college.

I actually deleted the end of my post about the potential of filing a frivolous claim and facing sanctions and/or discipline, then having client sued and later facing a malpractice claim... but lol yes you and I are on the same page.

Being able to 1031 it into something larger would pay great dividends down the road, not to mention starting a fresh a depreciation cycle on your tax cycle. 

I've seen beautiful houses on google street view, only to get there to find fresh tilled dirt and the neighbor tells me the house burned to the ground 2-3 months ago.   

We have the house down to studs but are starting to think it may be better to just tear it down and start fresh.   

We are well beyond that, so I am not fresh on conventional lending.