A new investor should not deal directly with a listing broker/agent, one side is represented the other is not and you can get your clock cleaned easily.

DAP is good stuff, easy to control, but you'll always have some clean up to push the bead in the gap to be sealed.

Just need a bit of cleaning painting carpets and put on the market to rent.

Clean up the clutter between the two fences and follow the advice of @Kevin Tran 

Once we have agreed on everything verbally I send over a clean contract with the stated terms for signing to make it official

@Loren Thomas  it is  a not smooth version of Formica  not sure when it was popular but not so good to clean. 

Buyers are not scared off by houses who have had the repairs done and have a clean report now. 

As a PM it is your job to make sure the tenants have a safe and clean place to live. 

Two unit buildings with a clean eviction history bypass the conversion lottery if both units are occupied for one year by separate (unmarried) individuals who each own at least a 25% interest in the property during the entire occupancy period.

These areas must be respected and maintained in a clean, orderly fashion - included but not limited to trash, debris, odor, unattended possessions, music or noise etc - by penalty of $100 fee per incident.