Maybe say you'll pay the first $70-$80, and they will be invoiced for anything over that.

When you guys have a contractor work on a small job, does the contractor give you invoice breaking out material vs. labor charge or the invoice is just for the job without any break out between labor and material.On smaller jobs, do you guys buy the material yourself and pay the contractor for the labor part?

There's a lot less for the tenant to dispute if you have an actual invoice from someone else for the cost of repairing the damage.

On the invoice I received it says "misuse".

Those expenses you mentioned would have invoices/bills that would come from the city , or utility company...that the seller should have no problem producing for you.

Dang, Jerry nailed that to the barn door!

Since I already use QuickBooks for my accounting, I simply send them an invoice via QuickBooks that they can pay online...I can control which payment methods to accept on a per invoice basis.

Vendors offer take a few weeks to submit invoices and utility companies are billing for last months usage.

For an even bigger discount, get a cash back credit card and pay off your lowes/HD account with said credit card.The BIGGEST reason to get an account is invoice tracking.

I also encourage them to have an invoice ready as soon as possible upon completion as the second they are done and I am satisfied, I will cut them a check.