If nothing else, offering a small reward like a gift card to their favorite restaurant (ask when they initially sign the lease) helps.

It was a list of pits of despair that were deemed habitable, but little else.

Can I do this without it messing up financing on a DSCR?

Or anyone else?

Some cliff notes:REP status requires 750 hours in real estate activities, and then after you hit that, the test is materially participating in your rental activities.If it is a short term rental with less than a 7 day rental period, if you materially participate, which could include at least 100 hours and that is more than anyone else, then yes possibly can use the bonus depreciation against other sources of non-passive income. 

It all comes down to being interested, not interesting, and constantly adding value based on your market and area knowledge, nothing else.

Run the numbers not really sure what else to say, RE is all about mathGood luck 

Are you referring to market conditions, the pre-approval process, or something else?

However with that said, can you take square footage from somewhere else to create a hallway or create another entrance into the bedroom? 

nor is pesky repairs that don't show up until a few months or years of a tenant living in a property.i say all this not to discourage you but to arm you with facts. i don't want you to be surprised like so many others are.and: partnering, tapping into equity, anything else 'creative' just means expensive.