Then make foundation/roof repairs one at a time.

Some of the repairs I did were from handymen or small contractors who do not have an invoice system or estimate on paper for cash payment like painting and rent ready repairs.

It may be beneficial to defer implementing the cost seg if you are anticipating your rental classification may change.Consult a tax professional to tailor the strategy based on your long-term investment and income goals.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

I don't anticipate things to be that bad this time, but the value dropped over 25% back then and we are unsustainable at the point of the affordability cycle we are at now.You basically will be buying a monthly debt, speculating the value of the property is eventually going to go higher than you bought it for.

Repairs/Maintenance4.

Roughly 1,600 sq ft. 2 stories.The alternative is to repair, pressure wash & paint the property costing roughly 4k-6k due to the amount of labor.

I'm looking at monthly cost to seller vs. anticipated rental income, purchase price relevant to the ARV of the area and interest rate, balloon, etc.

for the dishwasher, if running it doesn't clean it up, you can only charge her for cleaning (or if it is broken, repairs or replacement cost). 

I anticipate serious cap ex expenditures coming his way. 

Needs new everything floors, kitchen, bathroom, paint, roof, landscaping and also has termites and a tentant that's not currently paying rent, for a 1000 sqft property they want 160,000 for it, but my comps say for a rehabed house in similar sqft property in that zip code would sell at 220,000k and I would say it needs atleast 65,000 to 75,000k in repairs so my offer price was at 100,000 to 110,000 and the buyer will not entertain my offerI would like to offer more but if there are any surprises I'd like to be prepared for those cost during the rehab process.