Short transcript of a YouTube video by Nick Perry advising landlords to shift pest-control and cleaning costs to tenants by adding specific lease clauses: a "creepy crawly control" clause making tenants responsible for extermination, and a "cleaning deduction" clause allowing a flat $450 cleaning fee on move-out regardless of condition.
If you're a landlord, you should not be acting like a fucking exterminator or paying for one to get rid of pests. If you want to avoid all the tenant stress then you need to add this to all of your leases. Number one the creepy crawley control clause. This clause states that the tenant is responsible for all extermination and pest control costs. Now you don't have to pay for an exterminator to get rid of the mice they attracted. Number two the cleaning deduction clause. This clause states that you can take a $450 cleaning fee no matter the condition of the house when the tenant moves out. This prevents you from need to list minor cleaning fees and all cosmetic touch ups of your rental property.
