This allows you to be nice, but still set the tone that it is her problem, and doesn't wipe out her deposit to demotivate her to clean at move out.

A smart move for any investor I thinkThe condition is clean and repairs are minimal around 5K to get it back on the market for rent.

The house also needs minor sheet rock patch work, carpet replacement, bathrooms updating and paint everywhere.

As long as the flue is clean I don't mind them using them.

I believe that my efforts in selling this property without doing any repairs aside from pulling carpets and demoing a bathroom will be aimed at them.

:-PI would give the cabinetry a good cleaning, lose the valances, and stick with neutrals for the countertops.Color is very personal and can easily turn off tenants.

She said that she saw them pulling out carpet, etc.

If the tenant is a D class tenant that is undesirable and I think I want to move them out, then I am not going to show a lot of rent increases from year one to year two, because I know once I start enforcing the rules, these people are going to leave and I am going to have vacancies and have to clean up those units and bring new people in.

Other problem is the 3rd floor has electric baseboard heating which may not mater if I decide to seal it up.The 2 units are both in very clean shape, totally turn key, however the home is wired with knob and tube which would normally be totally removed.

The city is still in clean-up mode as there is much work to do.