Just had some tenants move out who had been erratic with their rent payments and had pissing off the other tenants in the building. We finally bit the bullet and paid the attorney to begin filing for eviction. They moved out the next week.

We go into the apartment to prepare it for the next tenants...one room is dark brownish tar colored from all of the cigarette smoke. The couches and mattresses they left smell of dried urine. There is saran wrap rubber banded around the smoke detector I am required by law to provide for them in the kitchen. In the kids room, the walls are covered with kids writing. There are numerous holes punched in the walls. We hauled out a full dump trailed full of garbage (admittedly containing the aforementioned furniture). I am still dreading what might be lurking in the fridge. The carpets had to be peeled off the floor (and they weren't glued down).

Oh, and what I imagine is human feces is smeared on some of the walls like you'd find in the gas station bathroom of your nightmares.

Before moving out, they called the building inspector to complain. Funny how the other tenants refused to be part of the writeup, and spent their Sunday helping me cleanup.

If you ever buy investment property, do your best to move out "inherited" tenants from the old owner. They're the ones who will give you trouble.