Personally, I'm not a fan of nickel and diming contractors on their work because well...they will end up nickel and diming me on the quality/effort they put into the job I've found. 

I'd try requiring weekly or every other week cleanings during their stay - on their dime, especially if it's their employer that is booking the property.

This one is the most questionable wear and tear vs abnormal item.The garbage disposal: If the tenant had called before moving out and said that the disposal wasn't working then you would have had to send someone to repair it on your dime so I don't see that you can charge them unless you find something like a fork in there.If the place was clean when they moved in then you can charge for cleaning. 

None of them have charged me for an email, call, or nickel & dimed me.

I chose an LVP with a decent wear layer.5.) the exterior of my duplex does not have a water spigot, so no tenant can go crazy watering anything or cleaning cars all the time on my dime (for example).that are a few things I can say helped me. 

I could elaborate because they just dropped me after I disputed their poor management and "nickel & dime" pop-up charges.  

A lot of Owners are shifting to renting the properties themselves, to save on the management commissions as well as the nickel and diming some property management companies do.

(IOW low occupancy) We have little of our own money invested and have yet to pay a dime towards expenses while the property has doubled in value in under four years.

Hello @Gili RozenthalAh I see you can still do this with fix and flip.Yes there are lenders out there who will lend to newer investors they are called hard money lenders and they are a dime a dozen out there.

I did that based on the advice of a friend that does evictions.There is ZERO downside..... if people want to leave, they leave regardless of the lease terms..... and that warm fuzzy feeling of a long term lease is an illusion... you are not likely to see a dime of the remaining lease if they bail.On the flip I can get rid of them WAY faster at any time I decide....