The property is all updated, clean, ready to move in. 

David Greene could help you out with that). 

We live in LA (2 hours away) so we would need a cleaning service but would like to manage it ourselves.

The core 4 is David Greene’s strategy for long-distance and made up of a realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender.

The unit needs to be clean and empty for them to receive the full amount.

I've also noticed that these type of tenants tend to not care as much about the homes and they never get cleaned so they eventually just look disgusting.

I would reassure the tenant that your goal is to return their entire security deposit, provided they remove all their belongings, leave on time and make their best effort at cleaning.

They relied upon wind and solar for over one third of their green energy plan and people died because of it.BEDROOMS: A duplex can have up to 3 bedrooms but a three or four family will only have one or two bedrooms.

You don't have any way of knowing what condition they got the unit in, unless there's some good documentation from the previous owner (rarely is there), and smoking takes repainting, sometimes new carpet, ozone machines, and deep cleaning of everything to get the smell out so you probably don't have enough deposit to get it done.

That may mean cleaning up your credit and building some savings.