I'm supporting the new car decision.

Ensure you have an itemized invoice from the cleaner, which can help justify the deduction.Reasonable Deductions: Long-term tenants often leave normal wear and tear, so I recommend being lenient on minor issues.

This is the equivalent of a car salesman pitching the "monthly payment" of a car instead of the actual price of the car.

Another thing that my brain keeps milling on is the fact that if in a normally purchased deal, I work hard and pay off a 3 million dollar building in 20 years, and then don't pay my 80k annual property tax, I'm going to lose my 3M building that I "own" but somehow don't really actually own.

What penalties are normal for this type of partnership?

Security Deposit: 2600Lease states no smoking/painting walls/no hanging things on wallsTenants have moved out and have left two truck loads of garbage to be removed.Damaged doorPainted walls which got on the ceiling and trim Lots of holes on the walls throughout the houseDamage from windows being left open constantly Weed was clearly smoked in the house (smell throughout the place) so we need to deep cleanWater bill wasn't paid so I had to turn back on utilityMissing keyQuoted costs:$450 junk removal (some furniture)$935 for damaged doors/windows, painting cleaning$30 for utility turn onTenants were only there for a year before moving out so a lot of this is beyond normal wear and tear. 

For last three years I had good occupancy, now seeing a slowdown - not sure if it is a market shift or just normalizing from the Pandemic.

@Katie Southard This is the floor plan. there is another but that does not have a separate car garage and has private entrance only from the side.

They are always leased here even for the corporate stations where they have a convenience store, a Popeyes or the like and a car wash.

You don't need to be larger than life, driving flashy cars, or using your looks to make a sale.