What about a ceiling light/fan fixture?

In the lat example, the lender restricts future encumbrances (financial liens) to manage costs as a ceiling and provides a reasonable avenue for contingency requirements, it's not a small project with the only motivation of restricting the borrower is to take the property back.

I have a condo unit that had water damage to the ceiling of the master bedroom.

#1. in a two story, you probably can't tear out a load bearing wall, yo would need a beam above the ceiling to carry the load and that would be in your second story. 

I would rather not sell the property as it has an amazing view is across the street from national forest and I fell the income potential out weighs the sell value.As far as the donation, I would in theory get a tax write off as they are titled much like a car is.When the house was in decent condition,(2003ish) i got $650 pr mo if im not mistakenI would have to do an almost complete rehab on it to get it in livable condition, New siding, roof, Ceilings, carpet, doors, back porch and patch alot of holes in walls.

I was actually on vacation and out of town for the 1st week of work(thank goodness everything went ok).Demo has been completed, all the old carpet, vinyl, cabinets, paneling in den, toilets and vanities were torn out and filled up a 30 yard dumpster.I have never seen this before but in all the upstairs bedrooms the HVAC vents were in the middle of the room(ceiling).  

Sell the house in Tracy, 1031 into a small apartment in one of the several Central Valley towns that provide cash flow that rivals what you see in the south and Midwest but has a higher ceiling.

Are ceiling heights adequate?  

Wow.Love the drywall and lighting improvements on the ceilings in the living and kitchen areas - really updated the home.

It's a calculated decision based on at what stage and condition the building is in.For retail if there are no demising walls yet and it's in a cold dark exterior shell condition the all in costs for putting in walls could be 35 to 40 per sq ft with plumbing and ceilings etc.If you have demising walls already could drop to 25 to 30 a sq ft.