If you drop hard metal objects on porcelain or ceramic it will crack or chip (think cast iron or hammers).

On the other hand the 14 pieces of 'wood look' tile I took back already had a couple of chips in the surface finish & corners & we were careful.

If you live in the house (house hack), you can only depreciate the investment side, not your personal side.Here is an article on the topic:https://homeguides.sfgate.com/...I'll let others chip in from there... but those are the basics.   

In today’s episode, I’m going to go over the next asset class that I think will be the boom over the next few years.An asset class is the type of property you invest in, multifamily is an asset class, self storage, short term rentals, office space, strip malls…all of these are different asset classes and all have their pros and cons.Picking an asset class should be a mixture of your comfortability with that class, the opportunity, and the market cycle for that asset class.The next big asset class I think we’ll start to see is data centers.Data centers are projected to continue growing with the huge expansion of AI, in the last year alone demand shot up 61% for high end data centers and that’s just for the large companies, the Amazons, Facebooks, and Microsofts of the world.That doesn’t include emerging companies or anybody else that needs data centers for non AI related ventures.With supply chain issues data centers got enormously backed up, it was hard to get computer chips for cars let alone the extremely sophisticated computer chips and technology for running massive data centers.As AI and emerging technologies continue to grow at an exponential rate this demand will continue to push, and will likely continue outgrowing supply and the ability to create new, modern data centers.It’s an asset class we’re looking at and continuing to learn about and collect data on and it’s not something we’ve invested in yet, but I do think that could change as that industry becomes a bit more stable and predictable.

That would include any particular inspector that you feel lives up to the spirit of trying to work with landlords to create a lead safe Toledo, i.e. if you ran into an in inspector that, in your opinion, was overzealous, you are free to share that information also.As a starter for the conversation, I have gleaned what I think are the most notable points from the Lucas County Health Department guidance:Preparation Tips for a Lead Dust Wipe InspectionPreparation-Tips-for-a-Lead-Dust-Wipe-Inspection.pdf (lucascountyhealth.com)They have a video here: For reasons I will explain later, I think the video is outdated.Visual inspection of all surfaces, interior and exterior, to ensure there is no chipping, cracking, or peeling paint.Paint debris, paint dust, and paint chips are failure of the inspection.Basements and attics that are directly accessible from inside the unit are subject to the inspection.

So during install the laminate will chip in corners and is water sits it can sink into the grooves and swell up the flooring.

And "Zero Risk Real Estate", by Chip Cummings. 

.• Byrne Dairy investing $28 million to expand its dairy plant in Dewitt, increasing to 300 employees at the plant• Micron Technology, the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in the US after Intel, is building a $100 Billion computer chip factor in the White Pine Commerce Park – a 1200-acre development site owned by the County in the Town of Clay.

Or if the numbers make sense and the term is over 1 yearlong you can hold on, stack your chips and pay down the 2nd mortgage aggressively.

Talk with every chip, power drink, little Debbie, tortilla, etc dealer as a distribution site.You have to look for value or make value.