Then I walk around each room in a clockwise direction, looking not only for damages, but also for maintenance/repair needs and for ordinary wear/tear that may need my attention during the make-ready.

Good tenants would walk if you asked for money up front that was out of the ordinary, and claiming Last Month's Rent deposit without a lease would I am sure be seen as a violation if it came under scrutiny. 

lol the one (joke) that was left there is gold, anyway :) i've posted after several dirty bastards before, but nothing out of the ordinary. 

LT capital gain is typically at 20%, whereas ST capital is at your ordinary income effective rate.  

@Yas Tahir, @Jim ShepardFlip profit is always taxed as ordinary business income subject to self-employment income taxes, regardless of your holding period. 

Giving ordinary people homes in traditional housing developments that are advanced - green, clean, healthy, livable, walkable, integrated wtih the natural communities of non-humans (plants and animals).

Flipping houses is basically ordinary income and offers no tax advantages.

They asked to install a wall-mount TV, and a gate on the patio so the kid could go out and be contained.

One runs to the back where she waters her orchids in the patio, another runs to the side where she fills up buckets for other planting purposes. 

I have a new tenant asking of I am ok with them putting a basketball hoop on the concrete patio in front of the garage.