I was unfortunately denied as of yesterday, but she said it's because I am a new customer for Key.

It’s not advertised, then I deny someone cause I don’t like them for some reason etc.  

I would just cap it generously to only catch abusers and figure the normal running costs in your rent. 

The contractor I hired finished the Foundation work in 4 weeks and tenant started reporting damages, thefts to items in Garage which contractor denied.

Although certain defenses do exist including, insofar as is relevant here, unreasonable hardship, " 'the court's discretion to grant or deny specific performance of a contract for the sale of realty is not unlimited; unless the court finds that granting a decree of specific performance would be a drastic or harsh remedy, or work injustice, the court must direct specific performance' " (id., quoting 91 NY Jur 2d, Real Property Sales and Exchanges § 204).

Hello Denis,I apologize for the delayed response; I’m new to the platform and still getting familiar with it.Let me quickly share a bit about myself.

For the furnishing, it was because the previous tenant we were helping support as she got out of an abusive relationship and a crisis pregnancy.

Poor communicators, poor housekeeping skills, prescription med abuse, big dogs that they couldn't properly care for, damaging, etc.

It’s in pretty good shape at this point, rentable.I travel a lot for work, and a friend gave me the idea to do a short term rental as a one bedroom, locking all of my stuff in the other bedroom and office - I applied today and was denied because I don’t own both sides of my HPR, even though I have written permission from the owner of the other half….

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.