What damages do you face as a result of this?

You could always take some type of legal action, but they would be out before you got to court. If I were you, I'd wait until they were out. Personally I'd rather wait until they were out anyway.

For violating the lease, you could evict them (i.e. "the stick"), but that may not be the best approach. Have you tried the "carrot" approach yet? I offer $50, paid with their deposit refund, if they choose 2 times per week we can have set up for regular showings and the say good things about me. If we get an approved applicant who signs a lease before they move, it goes up to $100.

I doubt I would evict, but what I would do is if the refuse to allow showings, start giving the legal notice your state requires for showing, then if they refuse entry note down the date/time of the appointment and ding them $X per disallowed visit against their security deposit. In my lease, any time the tenant fails to allow scheduled access to the property it they pay a $25 fee or the cost of the service call (if a tradesman), whichever is greater.

I'm in Florida too and the PM I'm currently using has a flat $500 "inconvenience fee" if tenant doesn't cooperate with showings.

WMH here is one:

Natali, even tho you have it in your lease, which they signed, You have to pick your battles. If you are worried about the damage they could do if ticked-off, you shd back down on your pressure to show the place. Tenants have very valid reasons not to have a lot of complete strangers tramping thru their home. What is your rush??

Truly you shd never show your property to prospective tenants with someone else's junk in there. When filled with household goods, your property will look small, dark, and cluttered. People will have trouble imagining their own things in there. You shd only show your property when it is at its BEST! Clean, repaired, empty, with the sun coming in the windows. Then you place looks large, bright, and welcoming. People can see the wall space.

I too have a "Showing" clause in my lease. However, I agree with Lynda(TX). I would rather get the property back, clean and least amount of damage, than taking a chance on ticking off an out going tenant. Secondly, my places do show better without another clutter.

To J(FL)-- This would/could fall under the 'Lease Violation' clause and if the Lease has a $$$ penalty than that could be charged. I agreed that the more specific Lease language speaking directly to Not allowing showings would be better and a stronger legal position.

Thanks for asking...

I had fence damage at two rentals, and some soffit damage at one.

Much better than I expected it to be...we generally got lucky here but there were problems in a couple areas (flooding), but that didn't affect me. I never lost power.