Our pet deposit is non-refundable which is what I generally would recommend (assuming your state and local laws allow that).

In many cases, it weakens the lender's position as they did not underwrite the buyer and an owner-occupant tends to pay better than non-owner-occupants.

Once unots come available, the best recourse may be to non renew.Gino

You must exclude the land value, typically allocated based on property tax assessments or an appraisal, as land is non-depreciable.

When you think about it, only the flipper will know the expenses (not generally public record) so analysts or data aggregators can only go off publically available data.

PIf it didn't smell when the tenant moved in, and if the trap hasn't dried out from non-use (or even if it has), then the tenant probably caused the smell. 

As a neighbor, personally I don't care if someone smoke a little weed every now and then, but if they are smoking non stop 25 times a day, you might lose a good tenant over that. 

This is one way to manage costs risk.The ways to own the property besides FHA & conventional loans is with private loans, investor DSCR loans (non owner occupied); seller financing, lease options, partnering with others to take the property down..... 

I, like Jarrett, work a non traditional schedule.

I would recommend reaching out to @Denver McClure as he may be able to help with a non-conventional loan