You pay the association fees which is a big cost but most of the big ticket maintenance items should be paid by your association dues.

I basically went through each item and compared to quotes on redbeacon.com and also got my girlfriend to call up the renovator and pretend to put a quote in for a similar apartment and it came in roughly inline with what he quoted.Thanks.

Various property-specific items are not captured when using the GRM.

Tom Read,Your accountant is correct.You can itemize the prorated portion between when it was your residence and when it was your rental.

I have hired a full time assistant to work on my database and other office items.

A big part of the 50% rule is saving capitol back for those big ticket items like furnace replacement or, the most used example, a new roof.

This gives you unlimited free two day shipping on most items.

It's been on the market since late March/Early may, and we fixed a number of items outside, had some landscaping done, and installed beautiful granite countertops after repairing a broken cabinet. 

No problem - I'm trying to keep myself seated today and plunge through some back-logged honey-do type items, and posting these pics is one of them.

Detailed itemized written estimates are all part of the contractors marketing plan and tools to land the job.