The move is always whatever SAFELY leads to owning more assets.

As for the shed I was recommended to allocate it the same way split between the properties therefor making it fall under the De Minimis Safe Harbor amount of $2500 allowing me to expense the cost rather then carry it as an asset for depreciation.

Capital partner is a very safe way to go.

If it was a licensed contractor, I would have expected the contractor to pay for damage they caused especially true if the contractor had verbalized that the tenant’s belongings were going to be safe where they were located.If a contractor believes the items are safe and likely has the best understanding of the work to perform, then why would the tenant believe otherwise?

This covered all sides.Just make sure that the final payment includes a standard lien waiver just to be on the safe side.There are platforms that manage this process as well, we used LevelSet.

With the leak, I'm sure they'd appreciate a safe, dry place to store them. 

I built half a dozen homes in Seaside Or on the hill above town and half way up my street was the start of the safe zone for Tsunami  when you put that into perspective..

. - I moved to Cincinnati ~2 years ago for work so I don’t know what areas of Cincinnati are relatively safe and would be ideal for renting out in the future because ideally I would want to keep this property long term and use it as a rental property.Any suggestions would be amazing.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

Get paystubs and verify authenticity of them.