They may be old and wanting to start trimming their rentals.

Hi Seth,When I am trimming costs PM is the LAST item I would consider.

Necessary repairs before filling the house with a renter will include a wood floor treatment (not full on refinishing with polyurethane), touch up trim paint in each room, selectively touch up wall paint in certain rooms, repair a portion of ceiling from water damage (source of damage identified and repaired by owners), as well as general cleaning of Full Bath tub and tile surround. 

Central heat and Air 7K. 5K for doors paint trim and miscellaneous.The whole thing is looking about 52-55k.

Theres still trim, finishes, clean up, landscaping, etc. etc.

Touch up trim paint, missing section of shingle where we took out a window, attic closure , front porch posts.

.- REMOVE CARPET MATERIAL ON BASEMENT FLOOR AND UP STAIRS- REMOVE BASEBOARD; DOOR CASINGS AND INTERIOR DOORS- REMOVE SHEETROCK UP TO 84” HEIGHT OFF OF FLOOR- REMOVE WALL TILE AND SHEETROCK SUBSTRATE IN BATHROOM – SAVE TUB/SHOWER FAUCET & TRIMS- REMOVE BATHROOM VANITY – SAVE FAUCET- SAVE TOILET, TUB AND TUB GLASS DOOR- LEAVE HVAC AND HOT WATER HEATER IN PLACE FOR INSPECTION- LEAVE ALL ELECTRIC IN PLACE FOR INSPECTION- LEAVE FRAMING IN PLACE FOR INSPECTION- REMOVE INSULATION ON OUTSIDE WALLS- NO CEILING WORK- REMOVE STAIR TRIM THAT WAS UNDER WATER – LEAVE TREADS AND RISERS IN PLACE.3.DEHUMIDIFYING AND DRYING AFTER WATER DAMAGE REMOVALS ABOVE:- PLACE POWERFUL DEHUMIDIFIER TO REMOVE THE ADDED MOISTURE THAT REMAINS IN THE BASEMENT AIR.- PLACE INDUSTRIAL AIR MOVERS THAT MOVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AIR TO SPEED THE DRYING PROCESS.4.SANITIZING AND ODOR REMOVAL (IF ANY) ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE AND WILLBE PART OF THE RESTORATION PROCESS.5.JOBSITE AREA WILL BE COMPLETELY CLEANED UP AND ALL DEBRIS REMOVEDOFF SITE.6.EMERGENCY BOARD UP SERVICE ON 7/23/11 TO PROTECT PROPERTY.7.SEND DIGITAL IMAGES OF COMPLETED WORK.CONTRACT PRICE BELOW REPRESENTS $3000.00 FOR THE DEMO WORK AND $200.00 FOR THE EMERGENCY BOARD UP.CONTRACT PRICE:$3,200.00PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS:$ 3,200.00- UPON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION; TO BE WIRED ON 7/25/11

A great example is for us in Charleston SC any hired trim carpenter from an experienced trim company will cost you $35-$42 an hour.

It looks like you have some 5 panel doors with original two part trim then some basic doors in other parts of the house.

In addition,  we also had the trees trimmed back away from the roof to prevent this from occurring again.