[TrudyM]

When you have people leaving one day and new people coming in the next I don't see the time for a complete check every little thing go thru.

But filthy obviously is a problem. Most owners managers want to fix anything that isn't up to standards. I grew up in a family owned rental cottages and ski lodge and people can be and usually are really hard on stuff they don't own.
We have for 30 years rented from owners (alot are handled by management companies or have maintence/cleaning contracts with a local) when we go home to Hawaii. I have often wished I could hold back 20% of the final payment until after a walk thru so I could be assured that issues would be fixed, but that is not the system so you throw the dice and hope for the best when you are unable to rent a known quantity. And the landlord is taking his chances on us also when we are unkown to him but then he has the security deposit to help offset the risk.