This first posting is to get experienced advice on insurance, advertising, property management, cleaning and handyman services, llc structure etc.Chris

So I sold, kept the deposit, documented it to the tenant, then counted the deposit as regular rent income for taxes.If I had sold mid-April, i would have kept the portion of the deposit to cover the rent and then gave the balance to the Buyer.

One of the funds I buy from does this quite regularly. 

I am trying to determine reasonable cleaning prices to go with a checklist for a tenant who has been served notice.

Im regularly looking at houses but some help would be great. 

Do I just get regular home-owners insurance, or is there a special type of insurance I get instead of home-owners insurance?

Personally I wouldn't pay for an inspection until I knew that the seller could close with a clean title.

Same goes for the surveillance cameras as well.What really is problematic is that no matter how much you try to tell people NOT to FLUSH down things like diapers that will cause the sewers to back up, it ALWAYS happen... and, according to my Contractor.... there is no worse job than to clean up that mess.So.... correct some of these that lead to over-consumption, high maintenance costs, etc. and you may get a better, more affordable housing situation.I don't think it's a large percentage of the people that are the problem.

., significant rehab budget, title is not clean, etc..)?

After a plumbing, AC, a giant dead 200+ year old oak tree removal, and the “good” tenant leaving 6 weeks of repair and cleaning work, we had to unload the property.