The apartment was not cleaned, she left a bunch of her stuff as well (furniture, mattress). 

It can end up having a negative effect once you realize how much there is to know about real estate.

I also relisted it for $75 *higher* effective now (7:20pm 8/28).How does it look now?

The One Thing, The Compound Effect, anything from Napolean Hill, and Tim Ferriss' books Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors are some of my favorites.

More to the point, the amount of debt through refinancing/cash out financing has No effect on the sellers cap gain tax.

Asking Price 215000 Primary Inputs Purchase Price($) $ 190,000.00 Downpayment(%) 3.5% Units(#) 2 Monthly Rent($) $ 1,150 Occupancy Rate 75% 30 Year Loan Rate(%) 4.50% 15 Year Loan Rate(%) 3.90% Secondary Inputs Closing Costs(%) 6.0% Property Tax(%) 1.8% Insurance(%) 0.8% Maintenance(%) 10.0% Property Management(%) 10.0% Improvements($) $ 20,000.00 Closing Costs($) $ 11,400.00 Inspections/Misc($) $ 600.00  Value (30-Year Mortgage Scenario) Monthly Rent $ 1,725 Annual Rent $ 20,700.00 Value Per 2% Rule $ 86,250 Value Difference (2% Rule) $ (103,750) Annual NOI $ 13,800 ROI (Pre-Tax) 8.36% ROI (Post-Tax) 8.1% CAP Rate (50% Rule) 7.3% CAP Rate (Assumed Expenses) 6.0% Annual Expenses Annual Property Taxes $ 3,420 Annual Maintenance $ 2,070 Annual Insurance $ 1,520 Property Upkeep/Other $ 200 Property Management $ 2,070 Total: $ 9,280  30-Year Mortgage Results Money Down $ 38,650.00 Monthly Gross Rent $ 1,725.00 Monthly Loan Pmnt $ 929.01 Effective Rental Income $ 20,700.00 Annual Loan Pmnts $ 11,148.09 Annual Expenses $ 9,280.00 Total Expenses + Loans $ 20,428.09 Annual Cash-Flow (Pre-Tax) $ 271.91 Annual Return (Cash-Flow + Equity, Pre-Tax) $ 3,229.76 Annual Post-Tax Cash-Flow (Pre-Tax) $ 190.34 

In the corners they tack some small 1/4x 1" boards to clean offI purchased an 8 unit property consisting of 4 duplexes.

Also, I have seen some things about Due on Sale Clause, but I'm not sure how that would effect anything because there is no sale until 18 months later. 

Had the pleasure of cleaning out junk from the property of my first deal and working on the landscape.

What is the best practice to keep a clean and efficient system for screening peopl