I lent my best friend some money to buy a fixer upper a few months ago and still had it run through a real estate attorney, because even though I trust him, what if he gets hit by a bus and can't pay me back?

(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:(1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety;(2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;(3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition;(4) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning fixtures and appliances, and elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;(5) When the landlord is a party to any rental agreements that cover four or more dwelling units in the same structure, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, and arrange for their removal;(6) Supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection;(7) Not abuse the right of access conferred by division (B) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code;(8) Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, give the tenant reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.

The second you bend over backwards for them, they will abuse your business and before you know it... you are cutting off 10% off your profit..

They are not animals or things to be mistreated, abused or taken advantage of.

Contractors do not take that kind of abuse, bad economy or not, end of story.In how many languages can you say "staged", "phony", "unrealistic", and "pathetic"If you actually ran your business the way these characters on TV shows do, you would be out of business!!!

i can hardly clean and repair a stove for $150.And lastly, there's an old saying that you should not buy a car from a rental company because the renters abuse the cars, because they don't own them.

@Chris Gilbert unfortunately it sounds like the cost to build the deck will need to be capitalized.There is an "anti-abuse" clause to the De Minimis Safe Harbor.

I have tons of questions, off course, but I don't want to abuse your generosity and will probably torture CPA:).

She was so nutty and verbally abusive that I emailed her yes- move out and I will refund you your last month's rent of $1000 after move out.

 :) Jon S.Buy and Hold Investor from Berkeley, CaliforniaJul 29, 11:07 AMVote 35 posts2 votes1 award ConnectQuoteReport Abuse @Greg H.I'm not sure what you're talking about.