You will be doing him a mental healt service and your self a service by insisting on a cleaning service Please keep us updated as to how you are proceeding on handling this because this  is not an unusual problem and we all can profit from your experience

Self recommendation welcome, but a few good BP references are must-haves.Also looking for an investor friendly agent, my currently agent is a little slow in reacting.

I have saved their info for future reference for my self.

Doing nothing adds to the tenant's potential arsenal against you, in a liability lawsuit or rent-related legal proceeding.One more element of self interest: water problems never fix themselves.

It is fun to find a community of like-minded, excited individuals, who are interested in working to the success of everyone, rather than the advantage of self.

I am venturing into buy, FIX, and hold; looking into how to loan money for the short term (up to 6 months) and JV with others, and using self-directed IRA's.These are new areas for me so there is going to be discomfort with this learning curve.

@Anthony AtyeoI like to invest my self-employed 401k in buy and hold properties.

It sounds like a self-contained gas system as well (propane). 

Credit is great but debt to income ratio is high given my self employed status.  

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.