There definitely is moisture behind the walls.

@Brenda GarciaGet a second opinion and determine if it’s entire run or a section as 40k seems excessive.

You'll not only likely live for free but supercharge the money you have to invest through the excess cashflow.

Investments are what you do with the excess money that you don't need for living and playing.

As for an answer, I have gone from having a lot of excess cash to having very little cash on hand, through a cascade of expensive issues: house fire, several A/Cs going out, evictions and so forth.

Even if the lease includes the permitted provision, the cost for routine carpet cleaning may not be collected by the landlord in advance because all prepayments in excess of one month's rent must be treated as “security deposit."

.- There is the potential as well to increase principal paydown through the excess profits from my company, allowing for a lower monthly payment.I guess I’m seeing what other investors’ strategies are for markets that don’t quite have cash flow yet but are trying to buy in, even if they don’t have cash flow at first.Is this even a strategy investors are implementing at the moment in order to get into properties that may be able to be acquired at a “discount”, or are we a very small minority of people who are pursuing a path like this?

BP has leases available if you're a pro member, and that would be a cheap way to get a good lease that's been vetted by a lawyer in your state.Yes, you can charge for excess haul off.

Use the excess funds to invest. 

Rentals of less than 30 days fall into the category of short-term rentals like Airbnb and more and more cities are putting regulations in place to stop them due to excess traffic and parking in neighborhoods.