This is a couple thousand $$ at risk for both of us, which I understand is the nature of the business but just wondering if there's a more creative way to avoid this?

If you want top dollar, I'd consider at least trying to find the cat's favorite places and blast it with some Nature's Miracle. 

I believe I learned an adequate amount of information there, probably more than I would have learned if I had finished college.I still own a lot of real estate and am not sorry for my decision in choosing that career and not international law.

The Property Code presumes that 7 days is a reasonable period of time for the Landlord to repair a condition unless there are circumstances which establish that a different period of time is appropriate (such as the severity and nature of the condition and the availability of materials, labor, and utilities.)

Then another with 2 different industrial odor removing agents (like odo ban and natures miracle I think). 2.

When you provide any kind of extra service to guests it changes the taxable nature of the rental.Julie, I am really looking forward to your assessment on this.

I’m not prone to publishing negative commentary, but, as this is my community, perhaps I can help someone learn from my mistake.I came to FOA cold, not having adequately researched (e.g., https://www.housingwire.com/articles/47692-finance-of-america-mortgage-settles-fha-mortgage-fraud-lawsuit-for-145-million) - my bad!

The longer a tenant stays, the more likely that they will get more of their security deposit back because things naturally age and need to be updated over time and we can't charge tenants for "normal wear and tear."

Naturally, I suspect the crawl space was intentionally concealed, but the agent says she doesn't believe the seller did that intentionally, and that the seller isn't aware of issues within the crawlspace.

USDA regulation §3550.57 states "Existing dwellings must be structurally sound; functionally adequate; in good repair, or to be placed in good repair with loan funds; have adequate electrical, heating, plumbing, water, and wastewater disposal systems"My question is more on the specifics of some of this language.