This is like the rental scam where they list the same properties for rent using someone else’s photos and tell their tenant to change the locks and they will reimburse them as they are on vacation and won’t be back for awhile.

5) How expensive is the cleaning services and laundry or do you get reimbursed for that by the guest?

I made it clear to the buyer, in person and by contract addendum, that he was doing this totally at his own risk, and if his loan did not close for any reason whatsoever, he would not be reimbursed for anything.

Yes, leases in most states transfer with the sale (and I would assume all states) Security Deposit: In Kansas the way it technically works is the old owner will reimburse the tenant with the security deposit held by them, then the new owner will do a walk through and collect a new security deposit.  

The Southern Nevada Water Authority has a landscaping program where they’ll reimburse the owner $3 per square foot up to 10,000 square feet to replace landscaping with water conserving plants.

I would think renovation costs get reimbursed upon a sale of a property, but with some of the things I have seen people talk about online, and elsewhere, just wondered if there was a way to claim the new property somehow to write off all the expenses on my taxes next year.

In the meantime, using your personal account temporarily for expenses is acceptable, as long as you document the transactions and reimburse yourself from the rental property account later.

We've had 2 instances of tenants' doors being broken down - one by the police in a case of mistaken address-identity (the city later reimbursed us for the repair), and one by an alleged robber.

That's just over 8 years to reimburse yourself for the entire cost of the home... that is really good!  

I learned that the hard way and had to reimburse the tenant 14 months of utility bills.