I forgot to text the cleaner when the last 1-month construction crew left early a few days ago!

I had to manage the hell out of that situation too.Right now I cobble together a small force of: my contractor for plumbing/electrical, but he's often busy and not very fast, my painter, who is quick but limited, and a house cleaner for deep cleans between tenants.Oh Lordy, where do I find the ideal handyman who wants to stick around, knows what to do, and is sane?!?

Tax professionals seem to often then set it up so that you get to write off 11/12ths of the fixed expenses, for the 11 months it was rented out (so 11/12ths of the mortgage interest, etc), and all of the expenses specifically associated with the rental activity (cleaners, advertising, etc).

The place looks so much brighter and cleaner now.

And maybe when you have your cleaner clean the property you can have them try to rid the smell out of the space. 

For example, what good is a bunch of dry cleaners in a town where the company with the well paid suit wearers just went out of business. 

You need a great cleaner and get a handy person to deal with any issues that crop up.

Cars are cleaner and more fuel efficient. 

If you could get everything to look cleaner, it may help.

If you have one renter leave and someone checking in the same day, you need your cleaner scheduled in and out in that window, same day guests (which there are a lot) will also make you have to clean your unit quickly, guest often arrive late and will make you wait to check in, people will give you bad reviews (sometimes for no reason), your cleaner may or may not tell you or notice damage in the unit, and a short term tenant can completely trash your place.