When you first approach the homeowners about helping them out of their property, you'll want to let them know that you aren't going to save their mortgage you're just trying to give them a clean escape from having that defaulted mortgage on their credit.

To stay ahead of any issues, we offer coordination of gutter cleaning and furnace tune-up every fall and spring clean-up every spring. 4) Own the outcome—This is the philosophy we live by.

I paid cash-for-keys to get her out; she was supposed to leave the property in "broom clean" condition at the walk-through.

If the kitchen was not cleaned properly, it certainly should have been. 

generally speaking, a developer should build what's on their floor plans and even more so what's in their contracts.

Typically  issues are raised when the exterior is not kept up with / parking on grass / garbage in neighborhoods where everyone takes pretty good care of their homes.If you keep it clean and run a tight ship, you should be okay most of the time.

This will just turn into a ventfest with everyone complaining about how they can’t find good cleaners, Handymen, Plumbers, roofers, lawncare, snow plow, electricians, etc etc etc.And everyone complaining how they had to fire their last cleaners because cleaning crew members got in a huge fight in the front yard and started throwing things at each other…And how they had to fire the cleaners before that because they showed up drunk…And how they had to fire the cleaners before that because they never even showed up…

I've got a cleaning/replacement sheet.

The other thing to consider is the age and if you add a second floor will the entire structure need to be brought up to code for hurricane and wind.I live in a neighborhood where the homes are older (not in florida) and the foundations are hollow core CMU and adding a second floor would not be feasible due to soil bearing.

I manage the property myself and I have a person that comes in to clean the property after each tenant.