Clean the place up, bump it up to market rate, and be more deliberate when screening in the future.

Make sure you are accounting for all expenses, taxes, maintenance, HOA, cleaning, furnishing, etc, etc, etc.If it cash flows...it cash flows.  100% OPM is nuts.  

There's no eating at it, 'cause it's always covered, 'cause I'm always working, and even if I cleaned it off there'd be no room for more than one chair based on how it needs to be situated.  

It should be restricted to the down payment only.2 - The terms you establish/negotiate for covering the rest.The number 1 goal of any rental property is to recover your cost (cash) ASAP...assuming you ONLY buy properties with positive CF.

They refused to clean the carpets and went on and started replacing all carpets in approximately 700sq ft living space.

Some other thoughts that may or may not help understand things:  Any property you find on MLS will come with an established buyer broker fee/commission.

That would include all kitchen supplies and linens, cleaning supplies.

I have not received rent and I also want to get into the other two units to clean them up and do some repairs prior to renting again.

Essentially all they need to come up with is one month's rent, which is typically the upcoming month anyway, and they walk away clean - no lawn care, no utilities, nothing - and we assume the risk if the property takes longer than 1+ month to rent.

It is a good chance to pay off debt and get established on a strong track.