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I’ve found a much cheaper option to be taking the existing stairwell inside the house and fire eating it instead.

In my jurisdiction, they will adjust your taxable value the day you close, and if it has been a while since this deal closed, often times the taxable value that seller is paying on has not kept up with market values.  

In short, if I invest $100k on a new property for long term rental, I want to make sure that I can position the $100k fully as a business loss in 2024 reducing  my total taxable income by $100k. 

I take things like this personally, and I wouldn't bend the knee even if it was easier and cheaper to simply pay out. 

A GC walking thru would have been cheaper!  

Has anyone figured out a cheaper alternative to Cash for Keys.

For good tenants, its cheaper to keep them.

That is probably cheaper to do and if the existing laundry are just hookups in a basement an upgrade that might give you a similar result in terms of tenant experience. 

All of those expenses to keep up the property are deductible from the rent paid by the tenant so they reduce taxable income which directly reduces taxes.