The roof, driveway, fence, walls, doors, flooring, air conditioners, landscaping, etc.The IRS has a depreciation schedule for each type.

I could go into finer detail about brush handling and roller technique and paint extenders/conditioners (floetrol and penetrol) but that's a fairly advanced level of process that most landlords don't care about.

Anyone having issues with stolen air conditioners should check out PropertyArmor.net.

We currently have a *water conditioner" instead of a softener so we can't just use the red-out salt, which works in my area.Anyway, I'd like a basically maintenance free type filter and there seems to be several kinds.  

Its going to be a simple buy and hold.One partner has an extra air conditioner that he is donating, the other is a firefighter who wants to spend time working on an investment.

When you have all that done , and the tenants move in the air conditioner  will need replacing .  

Are the air conditioner units locked in cages, plenty of bail bonds offices and pay day loans available?

That way you manage expectations and reduce your costs.I recently had a unit turn over and removed the window air conditioner.

She has claimed an air conditioner bill that she can't produce that she said got trashed. 

., they do not plug in like, say, a window air conditioner).