The though of losing their deposit however usually is enough to get them to clean up and fix.

As I travel, I need a means to receive wherever I am (email is easy, but fax was a problem).Client can fax to my number, it goes to the trustfax server and encrypted for privacy, then emailed to me where it arrives as a PDF (clean and readable)Outgoing, I create a PDF (doc & xls work but can change the formatting, whereas PDF is fixed), login, setup the coversheet details, attach my doc(s) and FAX it. 

Property was full of stuff as well, but clean out was done before seller listed it.

Clean up your debts and clean up your credit.  

They asked for a new roof, furnace be cleaned and certified, water heater repaired, new basement window, blah blah blah.

In many cases this has been deferred and not uncommon to see 20-30K in immediate tree removal due to regular maintenance not being done on your typical 2-3 year intervals.Managers usually do a terrible job mowing as a complete service.  

But not in regular transactions.

Also, with spring coming, I may lose out on a longer term tenant.Opinions on whether I should take these tenants( assuming regular qualifications are met)? 

They deteriorate at a pretty accelerated rate compared to a regular home.

Here's my current situation-I have a full time job (30k income)that I am ready to go part time, I also own a part time cleaning business that I want to make full time (first year in business, so no tax returns yet) (brought in 30k last year but didn't show much profit).