The biggest hurdle for us at the time was that we have a flat roof and investigating the city's installation requirements for a flat roof seemed like the code requirement would just be setting you up for roof leaks. 

DJT is right- every American is entitled- and expected- to practice tax avoidance(via depreciation, 1031 exchanges, or whatever, the tax code legally allows) but tax evasion is a different animal.

However, you could also hire a handyman whenever something breaks, and have the applicants show the property themselves by giving the code to a lockbox. 

Does this kind of leaking (resulting in puddles of water and dripping above the window) generally consider a form of building code violation?

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

So, create status codes for both of these and a few in-between codes to help you work smarter, not harder.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD Code).

Hi, I have a property in the 32501 zip code, in Pensacola, FL.

I'm sure a service call would be cheaper than having electrics put in, which will mean wiring back all the way to the breaker box (= an electrician charge/possible permits/ possible forced other wiring upgrades to current local code).

So the amount is $5,000, I am using 8% as an arbitrary interest rate and 5 years as an arbitrary time period (both can be altered once you have the formula set up) and then the =pmt formula will give you the required monthly payment from the tenant, which is comprised of both principal and interest. = pmt(rate, nper, pv)rate = 8% / 12nper = 5 years * 12pv = $5,000