So you may not be covered for a month's rent - don't count that chicken yet.4) Assuming you can hold them responsible for rent, you should still get the property turned as quickly as possible to avoid the vacancy loss.5) Determine the loss in physical damages, vacancy, etc. and send them a bill. 

I'd avoid trying to buy anything listed on the MLS due to the inflated prices that will kill your cash-flow.

I'm trying to avoid having each tenant wanting to come and install their own equipment each time there's turnover.

We will be selling our apartment here and after taxes will have about 2 million in USD.

Be very careful, however, as you need to avoid anything that smacks of retaliation.

Income is $600,000 per year and husband and wife both work full-time non real estate jobs.Is it true that the tax benefits are greater, or realized more quickly, on purchases like furniture or televisions to itemize a rental property, when they are made AFTER the date the property is put in service?

As for a tax professional - you can find those under the "Build Your Team" tab in the Navigation bar of the site. 

You think losing a $20k EMD when you don’t close sucks, but the seller might get hit with a $100k tax bill when you don’t close, on top of losing their own EMD. 

The tax exemption benefits are useless to most of us foreign buyers and a pure marketing tool used by the local developers.

If you are looking at this decision through the investment lens, what would you net on the investment that you put this money in to, after transaction costs and taxes?