For the future you should have a check list of items to refer to. 

Issue a mandate to the PM that any repair over #XXX needs an Itemized Time & Materials Purchase Order to be completed by them and your signature of approval, without which the PO is denied. 

Gained more confidence in understanding major capex items.

From what I can see on their site they have a pretty detailed projection sheet that covers most of the important items.

I checked with my realtor, who also checked with her broker and they felt that the personal contents transfer to the new owner of the property at settlement.I realize that I'm standing my ground over a $200 lawn mower, but feel like if they were given the items, they should've been removed in the months prior to the owner I purchased the property from listed it for sale and also settlement. 

I guarantee the fire marshal would back you up.You could be nice and offer to install a $200 bike rack outside the building, but I would not compromise on storing personal items in common space. 

We feel very confident in our underwriting, but given the jump that we made from SFH to an apartment building, we want to ensure we're not missing steps in our DD/inspection plan.Here's our current plan:1) Have a general inspector complete a Property Condition Assessment.2) Have specialists complete an evaluation of the roof, electrical, foundation, and heat source (2 steam boilers).3) Review financials, all leases, existing service contracts, rent roll, tax assessment, rental certificate, and 12 months of work orders.Here's what I'm not sure about:1) Are there DD items (specifically those that we would request from the seller) that are not captured within #3 above that we should be requesting?

Getting mattresses, couches and other large items picked up is expensive.If you caulked holes from the tv installation, it sounds like the patches were done incorrectly and will need to be redone.

We would have a kayak and fishing items for the guests to use. 

Big ticket item here is the cleaning.