This sounds good now but she is getting older so once this occurs you are bought and paid for and responsible for her now.3.

Im not saying no issues ever occur.

You can ask for bank statements ect. to document payment occurred.

If the paint matches well enough, you won't need to paint the whole ceiling.Now, if this crack just now occurred, then perhaps there is something that just happened that maybe is serious.

Both upstairs and downstairs bedrooms and living room have great views.It's occurred to me that by adding a door to the interior stairs (the units would share a very small interior entryway before entering their specific unit) that I could make this into two separate STR units when preferred: a studio downstairs (I'd add a mini-fridge and a microwave perhaps) and a proper one-bedroom with full kitchen upstairs.

The security deposit only covers things above "ordinary wear-and-tear" that occur during the term of the lease, meaning the two months you rented to them.

Although very valid concern, you risk not speaking the same language as others and substantial misunderstandings can occur.  

This is because the index—based on work by more than 80 experts over six years—focuses not only on places where natural events are most (or least) likely to occur, but also on which areas are likely to sustain the most damage.

Have you talked to the agent since this occurred and brought this up to them and gotten their response?

Legally you have some obligation in that the funds are held before being earned (you have money for rental periods that haven't occured yet) so make sure you keep an accounting even if just internally.