@Chris Martin is the most logical advise I have seen for anyone looking to do this silly scam called first LEIN HELOC/ pay off you mortgage in 7-8 years.

Keep in mind most cities you cant touch these folks... maybe the pendulum is swinging back to logic and protecting the innocent landowners.

If my rambling does make sense and it is logic, WHY not just do it?

Good tenants have options, they don't have to stay with a landlord like you describe who doesn't try to have a good business relationshipBy your logic, this tenant should have broken their lease when the refrigerator was not fixed/replaced within 2 weeks and gotten their deposit back.

You're going to be using some if his above-market rent to pay things off (which you're omitting from your logic above), and he has money in the deal  -- which is an opportunity cost he is incurring. 

This is a smart bunch so any sources or even logical approaches as to how one might find these numbers via research would be greatly appreciated :)I've done two separate top-down analysis based on census data, IRS data, and surveys, but those differ quite bit. 

For example: If I bought a house for $200K, and the quote to construct the very same house in the same location is $300K, then the value of improvements should be considerably high ($200K) and the value of the land be considered negligible (closer to 0).Of course this helps depreciate more improvements in the life of the property, but I would like to hear your thoughts on whether this logic would hold up with IRS in the event of an audit.What do you think?

Have an end goal in mind and make logical decisions to get there. 

Using that logic , maybe we should go back to only land owners can vote . 

That means 0.033% of the people on these lists are motivated which means 99.96% of these audiences are NOT motivated.See, motivation is not a common sense or logical thing (activate mocking voice): "Hey if you are in distress you obviously are motivated".