I'd go last on small claims, it's not expensive, but it's time consuming, I don't have prior experience but know some people who does. 2 weeks without communication is a little alarming, but a two week invoice is still fresh.

Any suggestions on what we can do to give the apartment a fresh clean smell?

Even if you want to get back into real estate, the beauty is that you start over with a new cost basis in the property and fresh depreciation.

Nearly the entire house is wallpapered so it will be nice to start everything fresh.2) Instead of just enlarging the 1/2 bath to make it into a full, we have enlarged both bathrooms in order to fit larger vanities in each.

@Andrew JohnsonOk, again, I am very fresh at this whole "bigger pockets mentality" and I love the insight that you are providing.

Started fresh this morning with a tour of the new place and a great meeting with @Michael Rodriguez who's in town from Denver doing some shopping for apartment complexes. 

You can easily see a 100 year old house with a fresh roof, windows & hvac and you can see a 50s house with all of them towards the end of their useful life.  

I've heard a lot of strong opinions on "terminate immediately and start fresh."

I've heard a lot of strong opinions on "terminate immediately and start fresh."

I would like to keep using a cheap, larger format tile (so that we minimize grout lines) with dark colored grout, but need some fresh ideas to modernize it a bit.