As a police officer, shouldnt you have some sort of training in conflict resolution?

You then compare that to what the landlord has provided.This way, if there is a dispute down the line over how much security deposit they should get back, you have the tenants signature.

You should consider avoiding 50-50 as it can lead to deadlock without an easy mechanism for disputes.

Over the years I spoke with hundreds of investors, I'm aware of small claims/disputes (been involved in few cases myself) between landlord and a tenant, but I don't know of a single case when someone was involved in any major costly dispute. 

If a tenant pays via credit card, they have a 90 day period to dispute the charge.

Best advice here is going to be to find out if there is any free or reduced priced legal aid offered to tenants for landlord/tenant disputes.

These were “uploaded to Equifax’s online dispute portal by approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers,” the document says.Driver’s license: 38,000Social Security of Taxpayer ID Card: 12,000Passport or Passport Card: 3,200Other: 3,000And many more . . .

The thing is, when this format was developed, there was simply no way anyone could dispute an appraisers conclusions, due to the lack of readily available data.

There is absolutely no point in disputing this appraisal... what's the goal, to convince the seller to raise the price on you?

The contractor's architect will yield to the contractor and not the owner in disputes.