Quote from @Miguel Del Mazo: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is all wrong.

I am eating it out of pocket, and going to try to push it back on FEMA and any association that can work with me on it. 

I would prefer not to keep all my eggs in one basket.

You have all your eggs in the appreciation basket.  

@Ben ClingerHi Ben, I just noticed your post.Toledo just clarified their inspection criteria for section 8 houses and decided they wanted their cake and to eat it too...we don't have to have an interior inspection (since LMHA inspects that during their inspection), but we DO have to pay for a Lead Inspector contractor to visually inspect the exterior of the house and of course we DO have to pay the $45 fee (which is of course what this is all about).LMHA of course inspects the outside of houses along with the inside so the whole lead inspection is redundant.

I dont' think this is any different than wholesaling- it's a chicken or the egg thing.

They may just agree to cover them, especially if Landlord offers to eat the appliance costs if they cover the utilities.If that doesn't work and it is an issue for the tenants, I wouldn't do it.

It may even eat into your vacation.

This is your seed, when you plant seed you expect a return, but if you eat the seed (blow your money), you have no seed to invest, (no return). 

I've even heard of GCs using auction type settings for returned items at Home Depot and Lowes for steep discounts.I've learned a lot about the GC game as I was up close to over 40 projects last two years and some went well and some did not and when they did not it was all Contractor related.If a GC isn't sourcing cheap materials at the same time milking the hell out of his 150-200 per day workers, then you can find yourself eating into your margins real fast.