The rental game is funny in that you want to responsible enough to always make rent, but not successful enough to easily afford buying a house.

No maintenance unless it's absolutely necessary and I make sure to charge the tenant if they are in any way responsible. 

The client will be solely responsible for capital gains taxes, including depreciation recapture, regardless of the agreement to share proceeds.

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.

@Angel Mora did you ever get a response from anyone?

Quote from @Lisa Albright: Thanks so much for the response Dominic.

Thanks to all of you for your response to my post. 

I would also explain that if it happens again that they may be responsible for some or all of the cost.

At the same time though, if you are the one who walked into the store and tried on the clothes and asked the sales clerk how it looks, then your asking to be influenced. if you spend time on a real estate investing website where people are in the business of investing in real estate and you ask if you should invest, you will likely get a lot of responses that say you should invest in real estate and let me help you for a fee.

It was in response to a potential emergency situation (ex: a water heater in one of my units was leaking and they paid a little over $2,000 for replacement).