I make it brutally clear that I own the property, I take care of it, and I have pride in the product I’m offering.I also make it clear that if you don’t do your part as a tenant (pay on time and care for the property) you will have a cross between a Paris Island drill sergeant and a pit bull (me) relentlessly on your @$$ determined to take you down and grind you to dust in the process for being such a putz to arrive in such a situation, and I get the job done too.

About $10 a bag at home depot.

He's at his desk opening money bags, counting coins singing:Ringle, ringle!

Use a heavy duty vac that has disposable bags.

  @Derreck Wells is correct - - sanding will spew dust and put you at risk. 

Within two weeks we were rat free, never to return mostly due to closing the trash can and not placing trash bags on the ground next to the can.Rats don’t just hang out for fun without a food source nearby, they are smart and actually spend most of their day grooming themselves – go figure. 

We all seem to have forgotten about how over-leveraging decimated 10s of thousands of people a few short years ago.Brew your own coffee, brown bag your lunch, drive a beater and stay out of malls and clubs while working 2 or 3 jobs.  

You can get a bag of it on amazon.

Bad tenants will take your money and time and make it turn to dust.

Seems to me they want to make a $30k-$40k score per "wholesale" while the buyers are left holding the bag.