No problems with rust but do have to deal with hard water; they have a chemical treatment called a pillow that takes care of that.

Staging your house well can help you attract more attention from buyers, which ultimately helps it sell faster and maybe for a higher price than an unstaged home (see visual):What Are My Staging Options?

I have people in my organization who have experienced the same mis treatment.

The court seemingly implied that they could but simply failed to do so.At this point, without a more thorough research, I tend to conclude that the IRS excluded H/W LLCs from the QJV treatment arbitrarily, without statutory support.

Your 1st photo is your Visual HOOK.

The tax treatment in such cases may vary depending on specific circumstances.

It’s generally better to pay taxes, especially if it’s preferential LTCG treatment and make a sound investment with cash that remains than defer and make poor investment decisions. 

However, components of a central HVAC system in a residential building, including furnaces and condensers, are NOT eligible for this treatment and must be slowly depreciated over 27.5 years (39 years for STRs).

Can I purchase the rods and charge back to tenant as missing/damaged window treatments when originals were blinds?

Then based on @Michael Baum's suggestion, I think I will have my cleaner and/or maintenance person do monthly/quarterly maintenance like using using enzyme based cleaners, grease fighting drain treatments and hot water flushing.