For instance, foreign real estate depreciation is generally spread over 40 years, which differs from the faster schedules used in the U.S., and the ability to offset W-2 income may have limitations due to the passive activity loss rules.

For instance, if you are buying a commercial building, it may be more beneficial to work with a community bank.

For instance, in New York State, it's not permitted to collect last month's rent, additional security deposits beyond one month's rent, or pet deposits.Regarding the carpet issue, even tenants without pets can sometimes leave carpets in less-than-ideal condition after a couple of years.

In those instances, what is the next step you usually take for filing with collections?

For instance, it is impermissible for a lease to mandate tenants to cover the landlord's attorney’s fees in legal proceedings.

I understand there are change orders that happen and that can be handled on a per instance basis.

Also in many instances that I have seen the fees are very high for managing the investor pool and the property management and the returns may be comparable to a CD with the risk.

Their are few, if any instances I can think of where a property owner would perceive that giving up the major portion of 10 years of appreciation on a $200,000 property for $5,000 cash while “tying up” said property for same time is advantageous.  

For instance I have one that requires 15% of purchase price and construction costs.

I used to get irate when I would see or hear some of the things spewed by wholesalers but over the years my temper has calmed as I’ve come to realize the inaccuracies they spread are in most instances not malicious, they merely have such limited knowledge that they don’t know any better.