Meanwhile, keep your credit clean and live below your means.

If we take the harsh and self-serving at-all-costs approach, the suffering for all will be worse.

Closing tables are cleaned after each closing and I stay two seats away from my clients. 

It could be how he lives in which case you can tell him to clean up the unit. 

Want to know if they can shovel snow at all my properties, clean my home, mow my lawn, and walk my dog in exchange for a break on rent. 

They are suggesting adding an additional clean out for easier access for this area if needed.

I already repaired a broken closet door from the last tenant, and have reimbursed them for carpet/deep cleaning service of the unit for move in. 

I will also add i never ask for anything and i have replaced floors, repainted, fuxed things and because he never cleans gutters water leaks through walls causing mold and mildew rotting wood sills.

I want to defend this because turnkeys get a bad name anyway, and since everyone assumes the inspection should come back clean, that only further hampers the reputation.

I don't want to be harsh, as long as they are making a $900 car payment I am not inclined to assist with rent out of my pocket.