You're correct definitely do not use the hard flooring cost as the deduction amount for the carpet...as a matter of fact you don't use the carpet amount either.Say you put the carpet in 2 years ago, the IRS depreciation schedule is 5 years.

Of course, this is exactly what people (including attorneys in those countries) said when the "regular" LLC was first introduced in Portugal (1917); Brazil (1919); Chile (1923); France (1925); Turkey (1926); Cuba (1929); Argentina (1932); Uruguay (1933); Mexico (1934); Belgium (1935); Switzerland (1936); Italy ( 1936); Peru (1936); Columbia (1937); Costa Rica (1942); Guatemala (1942); and Honduras (1950).In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, Michigan and Ohio enacted legislation permitting "limited partnership associations" or "partnership associations" - and again the "boys who cried wolf" started on a predictable path.In 1977, Wyoming became the first American state to enact a true LLC act modeled after the 1892 German GmbH Code and the Panamanian LLC... and the "boys cried wolf" yet again.  

Your insurance will be " expensive to most " that r dealing with single family homes and duplex and triplex type investments but is well worth a beach front investment I have also learned the with good marketing that may cost a little money your condo can be rented for 6-7 months out of the year investors r putting their money in 200k houses and getting 100% of the year income at approximately $12 or 1300 a month and with a condo u r making that in one week I have read that u need to know a lot about the HOA 's they have to be within reason to make the condo worth buying or HOA will eat up all of your profit but in most cases if it is a medium to up scale establishment with not a lot of foreclosures the property is well worth the investment

Costa Rica, the Caribbean, guam.. these could all be possibilities.  

In the market centers I've been associated with, I have been able to meet with the team leader on a regular basis for no cost as long as I'm doing the work the team leader has set.  

And on the stretching yes it does not cost a ton, but should I pay for it or should they?

Thanks @Steve SmithOnce I realized this, it made it much easier to look at hard money as a need and great tool, as apposed to a fallback, last resort...with the high cost a penalty for not being able to get alternative financing.If you look at the actual cost of HML, it isn't that bad.  

A lot of repairs are simple and cheap, but cost a bundle when someone has to do it.

You will have to carry EOM insurance (errors and ommissions)which is an added cost as well.The best of both worlds - If you are married, have your wife get the license.

If they refuse to pay, then you are certainly entitled to deduct the cost as damages from their security deposit.