Almost every investor of any size uses the leverage of OPM.I understand Mr Ramsey is going after the 80% that abuse/misuse credit and dig a hole.  

This is in opposition to damage that occurs when someone misuses something.If a faucet won't shut completely, after tenants have been turning it off and on in a normal way over the years - that's normal wear and tear.If a deadbolt stops working smoothly, after being used normally over time, that's normal wear and tear.Your handymen are ripping you off, sounds like. 

The fridge we never had a problem with, but with the range and dishwasher, had problems due to tenant misuse, so we now have service contracts on them, and if something comes up, the service company gets called.

I run into a lot of other agents who mis-use the “non-conforming” label to try to lend some legitimacy to what is simply an illegal addition or alteration, which just muddies the water and results in uninformed buyers making costly mistakes  

Included in tactics are denial, constitutionality, misuse of exemptions, far out legal theories, etc.

There is probably more than one way to pressure him to give them to you, both contractually and based on state law ans misuse of deposits.

I'm not familiar with conservation easements, but it sounds like taxpayers have abused this deduction or blatantly disregarded zoning laws and misused the land for what it was intended for. 

I agree that many people misuse this tactic and letting an insolvent purchaser take title this way would be an ill advised move for most sellers.

:The liability of bundling Internet in our rental offerings is no greater than bundling heat & lights - both a utilities, both could theoretically be misused by the Tenant.I would say that there is much more liability in providing internet than electric.More tenants are likely to download movies than use a lamp to do something illegal.