I have a section 8 tenant who is complaining their laundry machine is making a loud noise.

That being said, if it is an older property that cash flow can all be washed away quickly with continual maintenance and repairs.

In this case, someone left a laundry set behind and you didn't provide it - you told them they could use it if they liked while it was there at their own risk and were not included in the rental.

I'll be doing a partial garage conversion and will add a bedroom, bathroom, and large laundry/storage room which will increase the living space about 300 sq ft.What was the outcome?

I'm not in a position to just let half my portfolio not pay rent for a month or two, I would be washed out.

A volume business is hard to outsource to one lady that may charge less but not be as reliable, so ultimately you need a real cleaning companyThen the component that really killed me was I was outsourcing laundry.

So would take the extra time to remove all wallpaper Wash, Repair, and Sand the drywall first before Painting.

So its a wash for income tax purposes.

For rental to be in same condition when rented by tenants, I will need to: touch-up paint, clean house, wash windows, clean carpet.

You also need to stock the house with consumables such as coffee, towels, dish soap and body wash and shampoo etc.