When they see that having a cleaning crew come in will cost them $200 (or whatever), it gives them a good incentive to minimize the destruction.

Create a system, take minimal pictures, keep practicing : -)

Don't waste capital on so-so deals.

Around here, an inspection will cost you at least $200 so why waste that kind of money when you may not have your offer accepted?

The cost of the hotel room is minimal compared to the cost of finding another tenant.Odds are the person who hit the place is related to the tenants by the way. 

If they are not motivated I just move on and don't waste any time with them.  

We wanted to minimize the mistakes so we thought this would be a good strategy. 

It also had condo fees at $160/month and homeowners association fees of $72/month.So, to sum up this “deal”, I was in for $12k (at the time, I didn’t want to waste my VA loan, not knowing that you could take out multiple VA loans as long as you were below the threshold of about $415k), with payments totaling $1082/month. 

The cost will be minimal. 

I have thought about that, but the risk is incredibly minimal.