Since you already own rental property, you can generally expense items like this against your existing property.

They will also deliver any quantity of items right to your job site for $20, doesn't matter if it is three tons of lumber or a single bathroom vanity.

Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to obtain, there’s only a 70% recaptured limit (you forgive the last 30%) and many other items that make it unreasonable.

Here's what I found for NY:"It is illegal for storage unit operators to seize your property without providing the following information: an itemized statement of the amount due. the description of the property being seized. the nature of the proposed sale, including the time and place."

That includes items such as a bigger water meter, work in public space, updating the energy efficiency, fire sprinklers, and so on.

If you find yourself in this situation, the lender will most likely require other items in order to determine qualification before approving you for a mortgage.

Their models seem to differ on how they rate a particular property and that can lead to very different rates.   

I like to build a financial model using conservative numbers, then I like to lower those numbers by 10-20% just for the fun of it.

I leveraged Evolve to handle my listings, payments and calendar however and they charge 10% if you want to do a 'hybrid' model...but it's not rocket science and you should be able to do it all yourself.  

We had an old trailer 1990 model that we picked up for $1500 & we put it on our 5 acres with the farm/multi unit bldg.