The dollar amounts change daily as items are charged as divided by a 30 day month.

It acts as an emergency fund In my opinion while it’s not deployed anywhere, and god for bid you have a large capex item go that you might not be 100% prepared for and you can resolve it immediately.

If you ever find yourself under contract on another property with an FPE panel, I'd recommend having the seller replace it prior to closing as it's a well known and documented safety issue; textbook inspection objection item.  

I am including an itemized list of repairs next page.Thanks,Dear [Tenant],This letter is regarding your security deposit of $X for the property located at [address] for the lease period of Jan 2023 - 2024.I am deducting $X from the security deposit for charges listed in the Resident Responsible Charges document.

.: Yeah..ok...And all teachers should have kids first...All doctors should have lots of medical issues before they can practice....All dentists should have lot of dental issues before they can practice...Every waiter should owner a restaurant before they can wait tables....Every car salesman should have bought multiple new cars before selling any....I get your point..... it would be great if every realtor had to have real life home ownership under their belt, so they have that BTDT experience..... but not gonna happen And all teachers should have kids first...More like you should have kids before you get a job teaching parenting skills to new parents.All doctors should have lots of medical issues before they can practice....More like you should be a Doctor before you train Med students.All dentists should have lot of dental issues before they can practice...More like you should be a Dentist before you train new Dentists.Every waiter should owner a restaurant before they can wait tables....More like you should try the food on the menu.Every car salesman should have bought multiple new cars before selling any....More like you should know how to drive a car before being a car salesman.

You need a spreadsheet that covers every possible budgetary item along with allowances for the finishes.

Perhaps you need to start there and take inventory of the items I noted. 

My pet county starts tomorrow morning and time to redeem ends in about 30 minutes  there are 400 items last I checked.. its a big one.. the one I really wanted got redeemed yesterday thoughIn the old days we would be a player for probably 50 to 75 of these going.. now I just cherry pick if I can 

If you intend to rent the property out after you live there for some time (fha is a year I believe), I’d focus on items that are going to attract the biggest pool of renters when doing repairs.

Even ballpark figures can guide me in the right direction.Referrals: If you've had positive experiences with contractors in Columbus who specialize in any of these areas, I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.Your insights and assistance will be invaluable.You could fix a lot of this stuff with a few hours and a couple hundred bucks Lowes tripThere are also a lot of items I would not doDid you speak to your inspector about these items yet?