My daughter had the pleasure of taking over a 5-plex we found for her.All units were well below mkt rents in shabby condition, (hence the great price she got it) & one unit had been vacant for 3 years because of very poor PM.The intro letters went out & she quickly assessed who of the inherited tenants had to go.A year later she only has one of the inherited tenants left & after some rehab the rents for the new tenants have been increased significantly.

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We would than rent them out when we left.

I was worried the tenants were going to smash the house after I left, but it does seem like the simply left after my departure. 

I just suspect he doesn't want to deal with the property since it needs a lot of work and he left all the trash in the yard weeks ago and hasn't been back since.

Or does it simply mean the setbacks and heights must align?

I left them a message that was fine but that I was going to continue to show it and the first deposit I got would get it.  

Same with cleaning unless left unreasonably dirty, this is likely in the zone of your responsibilities at turn over (some landlords have more specific lease provisions and rules on this).

It also means that the dog is going to work with the officer and will hardly ever be left alone in the apartment.

Syndicator gets first $500, and then you get whatever is left up to 12%, then syndicator gets the rest.