If your contractor says he already addressed them, ask for proof and then go to the building department yourself with all responses itemized.

Kind of running in circles on this dilemma and would love to get your opinion on this.When using @Michael Blank 's calculator (which is a state of the art weapon) i see the "deposit to replacement reserve" line item in the EXPENSES box, but there is no CAPEX line item.

One other item that you should also list  if working with other investors (not sure how I missed this) is Net Operating Income. 

That was I had planned on doing for a while but I wanted food for thought to make sure I wasn’t missing anything.

@Matthew ChanIn general, you can't deduct items before putting the property into service.Speak with your tax professional about the timing.

You know the drop from the inquiry, and you know the credit utilization, but the highest weighted item is your payment history, which you neglect by not using the card regularly:https://www.myfico.com/credit-education/whats-in-y...

Working with someone buying one is a certain amount of work, but once you train a buyer on the process, it runs pretty smoothly and there are a lot fewer items to cover on the second and third, etc.

As food for thought or maybe just good conversation.

Also unless everything is brand new, 5% is low for CapX, typically I budget 10% for CapX since they are inherently expensive items.

The lesson: always know the condition of the big-ticket items, as well as the costs to remediate any issues.