The landlord sends in a remediation team, but the carpet padding becomes moldy and the smell never goes away. 

The Whippet is quiet as a church mouse in this rare case. 

im sure there would be a limitation, but to make someone whole it needs to be fair,  and the award may be for more than you may expect, WI is a pretty LL friendly state for the most part,  also keep in mind no one is proving the actual cost, and carpet and pad as well as installation costs have a wide range of prices. 

Check craigslist, Zillow rents, Pad mapper, rentometer, etc, along with local property managers.I get solid, year-round tenants but not the rent rate I need for that home (I lose about $160/mo plus vacancies and repairs). 

I would also pad your total rehab estimate by at least 20%, just because.

The house, although nice, had a mouse problem.

Stick it in a padded envelope or small box, so it's considered a "package" by USPS.You can't buy tracking for a letter online, which is why you have to go through this right now. 

(Avoidance is legal).Essentially you are padding your tax years to seek benefit, and that has to be illegal.Plus, it's documented "none of my tenants paid December rent on time, but they all caught it up to date in January"....yeah, not happening.If you know that 7 months out from the end of the year you have a problem, I would look at other solutions to reduce your impending 2015 tax bill.

In the smaller of the vacant units there were mouse droppings on the floor but aside from that the unit wasn't bad - yet noone is going to want to rent a unit when they walk in and see vermin turds on the floor.In the larger unit there was a hole in the wall and a window was broken.

Go to their office with a note pad and a phone to take pictures.Do your lease audit and financial statement audit while on site.