Tenant, PM, and LL are named in a lawsuitSituation C (general liability): Tenant negligently fails to shovel snow from in front of the SFH in violation of the lease agreement and a passerby slips and falls.

If they advocated for anything less than 3-6 months in reserves then they were being negligent (whether practitioners followed the advice or not is a whole other issue).

She also pointed out the part in her lease that says the landlord is liable for damage caused by her own negligence, and leaving candles unattended and not keeping smoke alarms in operable condition would certainly cover that.

Tax deductions are pretty negligible I would say.

I think they would have to prove you were criminally negligent, like if the property manager informed you of a problem and you told them to NOT fix it. 

If something does happen to the property from tenant negligence the tenant will most likely not have the funds to fix it 2.

I have also heard of this method before, but I thought the savings seemed negligible.  

IRS has been very negligent on SDIRA audits - and they know it. 

He is negligence and he purposely provide wrongful info is there anything we can do to him?  

The daughter's negligence in telling you about this issue is her own problem and she would need to deal with any consequences.