I rarely see anyone address the underlying root cause of the issue.

That means weekly on going preventative maintenance fixing small problems before they become big problems. 

Quote from @John Underwood: LOLI'm certain they will add restrictions to prevent people from doing this.

Next steps are to put down a roll of plastic to prevent moisture or wet floors. 

Also prevented us from making wrong statements on our part which would have reduced the claim.3.  

But then we have to get into talking about the passive loss rules, which may prevent you from actually being able to claim a tax loss if the deduction is more than your rental or other passive income.Or you can claim the actual expenses (gas, insurance, etc) for the vehicle and regular depreciation, proportioned by the percent of business use of the vehicle.  

While it can feel like a hassle, these inspections help prevent bigger (and costlier) problems down the line.

I don't expect to know everything by then, but I hope to develop a basic strategy that prevents me from making the most common and costly mistakes that a newbie can make.

In neighborhood it is very important to present your self to the home owner next to you, this helps a lot to prevent misunderstandings. also this shows your professionalism.

We routinely turn off boilers during the summer to prevent them from running to keep up to temp all the time during the warm months.