@Ruchi Patel if the walls need repair from damage, like painter will itemize special primer or cleaner so crayons don’t bleed through, then my understanding is you can charge them for that part of the job, but only if it’s an additional charge above the normal paint job fee.

Part of your analysis paralysis may be because these two world are bleeding together in your situation. 

Home Depot has swelled from a hundred guys looking for work to several hundreds of guys looking for work.

Obviously, we would do that 30 year loan option otherwise you would be bleeding money....I mean, you will still be significantly negative going this route even with the 30 year loan, but you can still have a low downpayment option if you want to purchase move-in ready homes. 

Raise your hand if you want to be on the bleeding edge of the law.blank_rome_whitepaper_on_attorney_opinion_letters.pdf (mba.org)

If you buy a short term rental, you are going to bleed cash for 1-3 months getting it to market.

You covered the math above for inflation, now cover the math for when you're bleeding.

Right now I'm bleeding money from my Class C Indy homes so I'm not putting any offers on any other properties.

Those numbers would leave a landlord bleeding cash under the inflation rates we have seen in recent years.

It bleeds onto these forums, as well.From my perspective, the BEST syndicators, generally, are the ones that are the hardest to find.