I am currently in discussions with two cleaning options for help with our new short-term rental.  

I work closely with commercial properties and have been seeing a wide range of approaches when it comes to cleaning, especially around tenant turnovers, post-construction cleanups, and recurring maintenance.I’m curious from the ownership and property management side:What tends to be the biggest pain point with cleaning vendors?

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I’m a private lender and have been involved mostly in small, relationship-driven deals with friends, partners, repeat borrowers, and a f...

Most people you rent to will actually use the house and they will not clean.

Many times, other than cleaning you cannot determine the scope of work needed to repair and refresh a unit until its vacant and by then you are "on the clock". 

That gives us real visibility into cash flow, operating costs, and performance while there’s still time to fix problems, not after the year is over.Our CPA’s job is to advise and file, not clean up 12 months of messy data.

In contract law, ambiguous terms are almost always interpreted against the drafter (the landlord).To double down on this:Kill the Adjectives: Words like "clean," "reasonable," or "moderate" are subjective.

As we scaled, it became clear that clean accounting and solid back-office systems were the real bottleneck for growth.

One surface, easy clean, no grout.

While underwriting and negotiating deals in Astoria and Long Island City, a few things keep showing up.Smaller multifamily buildings under 10 units are still moving, but the math has to be clean.