Quote from @Sami Gren: As long as they retain possession, they are legal tenants and you can't change locks, throw their stuff on the street, etc.I would contact them and give them 48 hours to remove their items or threaten to put it in storage and hold it until they compensate you for the extra rent, utilities, moving, and storage costs.

So, I'm just removing the fixtures, closing up the holes and repainting, and carpet/tiles.

Tree removal was 4k.when you buy a property, set aside cash as reserves.

We have a 5 bed 3 ba, that we can enclose a room (without it being weird floorplan-wise) and enclose the garage for a 7th br (unpermitted that we'd remove if required if we sold).

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

My general advice to people just starting out is to remove as much complication as possible from your first deal to start learning.

Has anyone had experience with houses that had oil tank removed?

Worked to remove non paying tenants and then spent 6 months renovating property.

But what i am is an old grey hair 67 year old who has a lot of experience under my belt and is not afraid to be called a Fear Monger!  

Yield maintenance in many cases can be negotiated but not altogether removed.