Unless you've done something that has real monetary damages, I wouldn't lose 5 minutes of sleep over it.

I'm less concerned with the damages.

No obvious signs of water damage in kitchen and baths but there is a strange rusted area around the door frame as you transition from the living area to the hallway for the bedrooms.

Does anyone here have any experience with fire damage property? 

This is the time where you will see a short sale pop up, and or the property is empty and the bank starts to maintain the property so it doesn't accrue and municipal fines, or damage.

I don't like the damage some tenants cause moving heavy appliances to walls and doorways.

Home warranty won't cover secondary damage,  my RR form saying that the flipper/owner is committed to his contractual obligation to make any necessary repairs to any roof damage that should come- well he must have known it was coming and he  was hoping we would run it all through insurance, so he wouldn't have to pay for a new roof... not likely here!!!

This will be the first that I dip my toes in the investor pond and I am looking for all of the advice you are willing to give.Also, in your experience, how much can tenants pets really damage the property?

We also go with our gut, as we have rented to tenants that have good jobs but we felt a bad vibe when they applied for the apartment, we rented to them anyways just to find out that the vibe we felt was right and had to evict them, they damaged the apartments don't pay etc.

I won't even be able to get a correct letter from him to release him as the plaintiff for my property's damage hearing case now.