I wouldn't give up on trying to get the deposit....but you probably never will....and since they are in the middle of a one year lease, where they moved in with no deposit, I think you are pretty much screwed.Since the place is trashed and you are going to have to remodel anyway..... chance are that you will be giving the deposit back anyway, unless they screw you on rent at the end etc...so in the end it probably wont matter.I think I would ride out the remainder of their lease....keep on them about the deposit to at least show that you aren't "soft" and will let them off the hook for other stuff, like late rent......and then not renew the lease, renovate and put in new tenants.Be a hard *** on late rent and evict them if they don't keep up with that aspect..... trying to evict them based on no deposit half way through the lease, is probably a waste of time....

Here we get strong winds and hail so I do t know of anyone who has gone full out of pocket for a roof but that is written into our higher rates.  

No crystal ball here but I have over $1.5 million in investment riding on the theory that the current trends will continue through at least the end of next spring and that in long term betting on Bay Area real estate is the way to go.     

So to hold tight with your investments and ride out any low times.

My partner and I were having a discussion on how to get a piece of land for us to trail ride and enjoy to pay for itself.

as stated its every where bleach and elbow great gets ride of it.

We provide our tenants with X number of "free rides" at the beginning of the school year, but they can use the card beyond those complimentary cab fares.  

Metal will last far longer, if you get large hail it could get slightly dented but that is about it. 

The higher the DSCR, the better, because it means that the property generates enough income to cover its debt payments....imagine that you want to buy a pet dinosaur to rent out to tourists for rides.

They've getting a free ride.