If your market standard is for the tenants to pay utilities, then I wouldn't factor those into your cost. 

An attempt to notify the former tenant, storage of their items (with cost to the former tenant if applicable), is standard law wherever I've lived.

If I may suggest if you are looking for specific legal, accounting or some other specialty knowledge information my standard answer is based on my 25 years experience but with the caveat to always check with a local professional in that specific field.  

I wanted to know if I show a loss on my property of lets say 3000, that I can deduct that from my w2 income and dont have to carry it foreward.

  :)  Tax-ignorant clowns like Grant Cardone (who amazingly holds an accounting degree) love to "teach" bogus "tax-saving loopholes" - like put a business sticker on your car to make it deductible.You car is only deductible if it is actually used for a legitimate business, as @Lance Lvovsky explained. 

The standard is what a reasonable and prudent landlord would do. 

@Yuvaraj Vimawala for that size of property the local Association of Realtors typically has a contract with standard provisions and check-the-box contingencies and terms. 

Just Wondering if I would be able to count my driving for dollars as a tax deduction.

Meaning, and I might be wrong here, but for example property management or repairs are a business expense and are tax deductable correct?

I have a really good attorney who I use in PDX that wont charge you an arm and a legg and scare you into all sorts of unnecessary and complicated asset protection schemes.. basically you can vest in LLC  have an operating agreement ( that's your JV agreement) and a clear cut buy sell agreement .. pretty simple and standard stuff.. feel free to ping me off line..