If so, how can I minimize the rebate I give them - if the rent is say $5000, do I say fridge is $100 and dryer is $150 so ok you can deduct say $(250) * 2weeks/1month = $125. or do I say ok send me your bill for food and laundromat and you can deduct that full amount (that will be expensive I guess).If I'm not liable how do I reply that doesn't have ramifications.

The bonus here is you can write off the milage (if you deduct by the mileage method) for your travel to pick up your mail.

They never told me about this fee and won't release my deposit until I sign the release form woth deducts the 400 from mt deposit.

It's not a meaningful number you'd ever want to share because income taxes are not deducted from the way properties are generally marketed and this will make your numbers look lower.If you wanted to calculate income net of income taxes at the property level you'd have to first take the net income for the property from Schedule E and divide it by the total income.

You may want to speak with a real estate attorney as you may be able to deduct the higher than normal water charges from your rent  payments - if you documented everything correctly.

She also likes it a lot at tax time when those deductions come around.

My understanding is that so long as they confirm that they're moved out and give me the keys, I'm well within my rights to just have a junk remover / trash company take whatever was not there to begin with, and deduct that from the security deposit?

I was told that I could only depreciate 8.6% (square footage percent of the upper unit) and only deduct repairs done to the rented room alone.

This is achieved because the IRS allows deductions for interest paid on investments when the money is borrowed to do so.

Red flag to IRS if you try to deduct the taxes and insurance on the LLC tax return.