Damages are tenant funded repairs.

He has been calling 311 for inspection and having violations reported for damage he has caused due to neglect and malicious intent for the past year.

@Ebony M Marshall quick search says Chicago, landlord has 45 days to itemize damages and return deposit.

Recommend requesting the seller’s existing ALTA Survey, building plans & floor plans, site map, seller’s prior Phase 1 & environmental reports (easy for them to ask lender for copy), full rent roll detail (including renovated/classic unit indications by unit, sqfts, building #’s, full detail), aged receivables report (will allow you to identify hidden delinquency / bad debt yet to be reflected in T12’s), general ledgers / capex ledgers back at least 3 years to ID major capital projects or damage that wasn’t disclosed initially.

And now water damage to a downstairs condo unit due to poor installation of tub spouts. 

Short term, just for fun relationships can end mutually without collateral damage.

As I've said many times on the website, I was raised three blocks and a bus ride past broke-a$$-broke.

Bumping the deductible up is probably the best strategy as you generally only want to file a claim for major damage.

Hello, this has been our first STR and we started in an upcoming urban area. I think we’ve done a good job updating our property and making the experience great, but I had two recent reviews that I don’t want up. One ...

I’ve had a similar situation where one tenant blocked off about an acre of a property preventing the other tenants from accessing it.