They believe it is natural settling from the weight of the kitchen sitting on the floor. 

I know this is old but wanted to weight in. 

Depending on your bracket, taxes could lessen the net benefit of $1950-$700. 

To combat this, I did a 2-1 buydown to temporarily lessen my monthly payments.

To combat this, I did a 2-1 buydown to temporarily lessen my monthly payments.

Go put one together.Without one of those no one can tell you what you should do correctly and in any case you have no basis for valuing one persons advice vs someone else.If you did have an IPS, it would most likely indicate that the recent run up in real estate prices means your RE portion of your investment portfolio is over weighted. 

So, that is an additional deduction you get to lessen the taxable income in the end.

It was difficult to install and has been problematic as it bends with the weight of our two overweight tenants who like to take showers together.

Start a local "lose weight" club for a monthly fee. 

Like your weight is only one metric of fitness.