Was a good house when I made the offer, and was now a damaged house. 

Disclaimer: This is general legal advice & I am not your personal lawyer, please seek legal advice for your personal situation.In lease break situations, the landlord has a duty to mitigate their damages.

If not, we CANT GO AFTER THEM FOR DAMAGES!”

A good person should be able to give you a close estimate without having to physically see a property.

If you are experiencing significant economic damage due to the CV19 (cancellations, non-bookings), I suggest you complete the survey so they can take appropriate relief action.https://www.flgov.com/2020/03/12/governor-ron-desantis-activates-emergency-business-damage-assessment-survey-for-coronavirus-covid-19/The Business Damage Assessment Survey can be taken online at https://floridadisaster.biz/

And it looked like there had been some damage caused by a small fire plus the entire room was completely dark yellow and black due to many years of cigarette smoke plus multiple cigarette burns in the  carpet. 

Fire Damaged Property

and the neighbors house that also has extensive fire damage is about the same size.

I like to keep paperwork just so I can physically touch it, but I have more on my laptop.

I also showed him photos of the toe kick area where he supposedly went out and got new materials but the ‘custom’ toe kick is only in one area – this is because they used materials I provided (we had a damaged cabinet) where they just cut it to size and put in place.