@Ryan Murdock, found your landlord manual:  http://www.maggieblanck.com/Mayopages/Eviction.html

The garage door is manually opened.

But I have adjusted the numbers just to see and even at 8%, its still a deal that I would be willing to take.

The student loan interest can be a deduction too for some folks depending on their yearly adjusted gross income.I also use notes to pay for all types of things.

They can trip the sensor manually and do their laundry. 

If they are trying to get manual signatures and paper checks then tenants will be turned off just by a bad process.   

Every company will have their quirks that frustrate the hell out of you, so you will have to adjust to meet what they need. 

The beautiful thing about building your own, is that it's easy to make adjustments to, down the road.  

As I see things, my options are: (i) eat the cost; (ii) have seller adjust the purchase price down by some agreed upon amount; (iii) have seller write a check for the missing security deposits; or (iv) have inherited tenants pay a security deposit when we take over the property.

Understand the person and adjust your message.