Paint floors and walls with oil based kills stain blocker a couple of times, smell gone. it will be harder for urine smell to penetrate that barrier.As to the future of pets, My DAMAGE deposit is 575, if there is A cat or A small dog I add 475 for a total of 1000, this covers the cost of replacing the carpet.

s advise back then).Impact driver.Drill.1 Hammer (there are instances where i wish i had smaller / bigger hammer, but come on.... one does the trick).Measuring tape.Crow bar.A few putty knives.Lots of gardening tools (2 rakes - hard and soft, hoe, loppers, 2 shovels etc)A good level tool.Lots of razors (man, razors have many more applications than just shaving my dumb face haha)Here is the way i looked at it:I am not in a business of working on other people's properties, so i wont need everything under the sun (or home depot's roof).

The Lease states the following:This Agreement shall be a fixed-period arrangement beginning on April 1, 2019 [or a pro-rated amount on a per day basis if cleaning takes longer than a day-see addendum] and ending on March 31, 2020 with Tenant[s] having the option to continue to occupy the Premises under the same terms and conditions of this Agreement under a Month-to-Month arrangement [Tenancy at Will] with either the Landlord or Tenant having the option to cancel the tenancy with at least thirty [30] days notice or the minimum time-period set by the State, whichever is shorter.  

A tenant's vehicle leaked oil on the asphalt driveway of a rental property. 

-slap some outdoor oil-based paint on it, but wait until the 2nd or 3rd time they mention it; again, the tenant accepted the property the way it was.Replace a leaky garden hose.

@Greg S. having read many of your posts I  have seen you  are a hard nosed landlord that is how you choose to run your business, glad it works for you.  

It is not "snake oil."

Top of that, the previous owner covered all the oil heating and the water bill expenses.

I have a duplex (I live in half) with completely separate utilities and fuel oil furnaces.

I'm closing on a 1900 five-family with a relatively new oil boiler feeding a steam system.