If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Advise them they don't need to worry about cleaning, but do need to ensure all personal property and rubbish has been removed before turning over the keys.

You can charge them the cost of cleaning it to remove the odor.I use an ozone generator for these situations and it usually works very well.

No major timber has to be removed.

You have to decide how much you could get versus the trouble it will take to remove the personal items.I would check with the city/county to make sure you need any kind of permit for something like this.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

When you say $60k, are you saying you can get 18 units done for $60k to remove paneling and add drywall.

Tree removal maybe?  

One way to remember this is there are “Three M’s”:1) mobile home (DMV)2) manufactured home - used to be a mobile home, the wheels were removed and it was set down on a permanent foundation.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.