I can certainly see why a lender would prefer to go for someone with a squeaky clean history.  

Accordingly, at the Tenant’s sole cost, risk, and expense, the Tenant herewith agrees to be responsible for replacement of the air filter (or, cleaning if the filter is a “reusable” or “washable” type of air filter) not less than every six months from the commencement date of the tenancy.

In my experience, Sec 8 is a good source of income as long as your tenants know the rules and are given a clean place if you give them a dirty place your setting the standard for them.

For instance, you will likely need to do some level of clean-up, painting, and minor repairs, all of which have a cost prior to the new tenants moving in. 

Clean it up and make it rent ready.

Hi Greg, thanks for the feed back, and yes you are right, now I'm  not a professional landlord, but I've had 2 other properties there one of which I still own one and I also didn't have any problems placing tenants, the principal of the high school there has been living in the one I currently own there for 2 years now, the work being done is pretty much a total remodel kitchen cabinets, bathrooms remodels,replace the sheetroock in one of the bedrooms re-texture the walls, get rid of a gas fireplace, new flooring, painting interior and exterior light fixtures and add a central heat and air and is a 1300 sf 3/2.The people who lived there were just not clean at all and they just didn't care for the property. 

Does anyone have good contractors or people they work with for finishing hardwood floors that are currently under carpet?

I invest in clean energy. 

The next day day I get a phone call saying he has to get his painter over to repaint and the deposit will be charged I never add to the charges after a walk through if I missed something I assumed it was on me.Hey Guys,Following our move out inspection today there was not any damage to note and the place was very clean and in good shape.

When we looked at the unit before buying we noticed roaches EVERYWHERE, alive crawling on the walls dead ones all over the floor, and the tenants don't seem to live clean, we figured they caused the roach problem.