We removed a few walls and made it an open concept home.

That entails removing it from the lot and placing it in a storage area.

Don’t forget to take into account utilities including internet, lawn maintenance, snow removal, etc. into consideration.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Common utilities paid by the landlord will be similar if not the same; standard services (extermination, changing filters, snow removal, fire safety inspections etc.) will cost the same.Expenses will vary depending on the market.

So I wrote a long article evaluating his claims, which he (apparently) became aware of, and then succeeded in getting Google to remove from search results.

One of the reasons I asked the question is that it seems strange to me that a property management wouldn’t take anything upfront if they inherited a house that wasn’t ready for rent .Our property management also does the cleaning ( deep clean over 4 days was $1000 but they had to deal with some nasty pet hair , fleas etc)and that included some cover up paint etc .One lesson learned here is every contract with owner : property management varied greatly it seems from what is needed .But moving forward - I feel that $500 a month on a $2100 a month property is too high once it’s rented - unless endless problems persist of course ..thanks for your insight!

While some leases say they will remove all evidence the sign was there and restore to original condition, I doubt that happens in bankruptcy for example. 

A scope is especially important on properties where the sewer line would be particularly expensive to replace (for instance, if the sewer line replacement would require breaking up and re-pouring a driveway, or removing numerous mature trees--these things can cost significantly more money above and beyond the cost of replacing the sewer line). 

My offer did include an inspection contingency which I would not be willing to remove, but they didnt seem to have an issue with that specifically.