Broken handle on the washer/dryerLight flickering and occasionally not working in the kitchenBlinds that have some missing pieces/cracked elementsBurner on stove not workingThese all seem like items I should pay except for maybe the first and third ones.Really appreciate getting the opinion of others here as I figure out how all of this works!

If anything it constitutes an intent to stay another month.The easiest way to handle it is to ask the landlord for a month-to-month while you move out, with an agreement that you'll vacate within 2 weeks of the landlord finding a new tenant.

But to your point, a business will not reduce your tax footprint at all.

Every excuse was made including by the Broker himself (who promised to handle himself), including lost check in route and "We have 5 offices, 135 agents, sell 2400 properties a year. 

Brutal honesty I can handle so please don't hold back.ThanksBruce

That advice may not cost the investor directly – it will appear free – but the dealer will receive a commission from the issuer that will otherwise reduce the investment’s potential return.

You can buy the type that are guaranteed for 10 years to reduce chirping.

Also, while you live there you are no longer spending that money to live in a similar unit, thus you have reduced your expenses by 1 unit of rental income.

When I got a approved an family emergency presented and I notified my Realtor that I was not able to move in, the contract stated that if I terminated the contract early I was responsible for a penalty up to 2 month of the lease amount, I negotiated down with the landlord to have the last month of penalty reduced and she agreed.

I know hundreds of real estate investors per every contractor able to handle a project.