Rock on Eric H.!

Water and sewer often fall into this category, and inside the City of Phila unpaid natural gas turns into a lien. 

They are initially attractive and more cost effective that natural slate but not necessary a better value in all cases.

If the only issue is the odor, I would use Simple Solution or Nature's Miracle, both found at Pet Smart.  

She is already paying a late fee in the accounting of this last month's rent.Her unit has to be totally rehabbed (she was in there for 10 years, it's a mess), but I'm trying to give myself an option to pursue if there are "parting shots" of additional damage in the wake of their moving (think @Brandon Turner's "rocks in the plumbing" story).

I figure if we do good at that, then we can be forgiven if we make mistakes down the road and mistakes will happen, that is simply the nature of a business.

Seemed like a good rule-of-thumb, although naturally the variances in capex, maintenance, and other things would impact the final decision.

We have cleaned that up and are currently sheet rocking our second home and leveling the lots and preparing the pads for the next two.The biggest risk in any real estate investment in my opinion, is to make sure your estimate months are correct on both the cost to build and the price you can sell it for.I hope this helps.Good luck.Rich

It seems like the natural progression of most things once you master something, you then become the teacher. 

The nature of tenant/landlord laws were scaring me.