Tenants are responsible for any maintenance that can be handled by an ordinary homeowner.

Posting on mobile device is harder than I thought, sorry for the messy above post.I screen roommates harder than ordinary tenants.

It can be helpful if you have a great relationship with your neighbors so they may inform you of anything out of the ordinary going on. 

Then I walk around each room in a clockwise direction, looking not only for damages, but also for maintenance/repair needs and for ordinary wear/tear that may need my attention during the make-ready.

Good tenants would walk if you asked for money up front that was out of the ordinary, and claiming Last Month's Rent deposit without a lease would I am sure be seen as a violation if it came under scrutiny. 

lol the one (joke) that was left there is gold, anyway :) i've posted after several dirty bastards before, but nothing out of the ordinary. 

LT capital gain is typically at 20%, whereas ST capital is at your ordinary income effective rate.  

@Yas Tahir, @Jim ShepardFlip profit is always taxed as ordinary business income subject to self-employment income taxes, regardless of your holding period. 

Giving ordinary people homes in traditional housing developments that are advanced - green, clean, healthy, livable, walkable, integrated wtih the natural communities of non-humans (plants and animals).

Flipping houses is basically ordinary income and offers no tax advantages.