The money should never be paid until they are physically out of the building - even if that's just sitting in a loaded moving truck in the driveway - that way they can't get back in.If they did half of what you asked, you pay them half the money.So if cleaning was one thing and moving out was the other, I would give them half the 500.00I have never had a tenant leave the property clean, even though I always tell them that it was move in clean when they got there (or in once case I paid them to clean after they moved in bc they moved in the day after the others left), and it needs to be move in clean when they leave.

There may be a few items on the list that make it a non-starter from what is physically, like required parking, or monetarily possible.     

It took physically looking at the property to see the potential.

They are a list provided by the USPS of properties that have not received physical mail in >90 days.

Two red flags if they have not physically seen the place yet and are strictly going by pictures and video.

Would be careful about confronting them in person - they may get physical or track where you live and harrass you or worse.Hire eviction attorney and stay in the background.

Hi Erica,Knock on the door and ask them what they intend to do about it, and negotiate from there if needed.Be wary of physically intimidating angry drunks.Good Luck!

I am currently separating from the US Army and will be attending Physical Therapy School here in the PNW.

VS buying physical real estate remotely.

We got the ones without a physical key - those are materially less secure than the digital lock, if it's designed correctly.