When it dried we reinstalled the carpet and closed on the house.

Also, there would be dry wall with a door for the entrance from the bedroom.

Keep your eye on your AGI and check to see if any sale of property might push you over the $200K/$250K threshold and trigger the Medicare Surcharge. 

I have replaced all of the windows in the house and have increased the window size at the front of the house.Old windows with dry wall cut back to accept the new window. 

You must accept that a more aggressive stance is more likely to trigger an audit but in reality the risk is quite small and as long as you can reasonably defend your position you should prevail should an audit occur.

Nothing more permanent than something done temporary .Thats all a contractor would have done in the rain until it was dry enough to find the leak and do the repair .

Bandit signs are cheap but more or less illegal and depending on your area would get taken down quickly.Doing a DRY double closing is rare, but there are title companies that do them, but I would call this a "grey area" so I'm sure they won't advertise that they do.

My banker makes it sound pretty cut and dried as long as I dont default ;-).Dan Dietz

The biggest trigger is safety of the tenant.

In my own small pond triggers vary beyond just rent.