It’s a clean park and pretty active.

That will require a lot of work with marketing, cleaning, turnover, etc. 

I know Oakland isn't landlord friendly, but it seems to me if you keep your side of the fence clean and do things right, you shouldn't have any problems? 

@Ivan Alvarado Check if the PM has multiple cleaning crews, takes care of laundry/linens, restocking bathroom items, property maintenance, etc.I'd recommend you ask them open ended questions and pay close attention to their responses.

Taking out the trash and washing dishes has been a issue at times because nobody wants to clean up after each other. 

Step 1: Immediately after the contractors say the job is complete hire a Cleaning service to do a deep clean on the property before any other eyes are on it.

As a self manager, how'd you find a reliable cleaning company?

During inspection, we found foundation issue on concrete slab house, water turned off so can’t check for any leak, can’t find sewer clean out, can’t check if toilets are draining properly.

She has moved out now and we decided to not deduct any money from her deposit for the cleaning because we don’t know the condition it was in when she first moved in, although she did sign our cleaning agreement.

I ask them to send an email with all items they wish to dispute and why before providing any response.Property required a full cleaning?