One of the first things we learned was the difference between physical occupancy and economic occupancy.

Get someone in there to assess the damage and give you an estimate on fixing it.

Our first purchase, we did not receive 100% of these from the seller and we paid down the road for it because the tenants will definitely take advantage if you cannot prove damages when withholding security deposits.

You shall never pour cooking grease or other damaging/obstructing objects down toilets, sinks or drains.

Any suggestions on how I should handle the situation if I do have damaged dry wall or doors?

Scheduling work to turn unit around, lost projected rent, potential damage, all of the above?!

Prior to when the lease is up Section 8 should be sending you a form in the mail asking if there was any damage/rent owed on the unit.

Besides this company, I also had another company come in first to check out the damage.

I own a STRP in East Nashville and it luckily wasn't damaged by the tornado.

It barely did any damage so it’s hard for me to spend a lot on flood insurance that basically never has had to payout in the entire life of the house.