All financial papers she is sending me has her name on them exclusively  and she states that her previous apartments, CC, car payment are and all were in her name , no co-signors..

Instead of filing them when I get back to the office in the real filing cabinets (Probably going to still file the paper to make sure there are no catastrophes the first year).

Also the OOS investor is doing a lot better as PM services have moved up in quality a ton compared to when i was working those markets in the 2000s.. lets also keep in Mind Ohio and MIchigan got HAMMERED in the GFC the professional note buyers of defaulted notes for a few years post GFC would not even buy that paper it was so bad.

I am curious about how he comes up with the number. . . . the formula goes NWROI = (cash flow & rent savings + loan paydown + appreciation)/ Initial Investment So, if you have a low initial investment - it looks good on paper.

Funds withdrawn from your account, sent to 3rd party company that prints & mails a paper check.

I can do a wet paper towel test afterwards and it comes up pristine, but I also have a dog so it doesn't last long :/

So was this filed on schedule E and did you deduct paper loses against a W-2 income?  

Made a rookie mistake by not putting the hardware plans down on solid paper when we painted the cabinets and drilled holes For hardware.

Another idea I had was to just use standard research out there on building systems like the air conditioning, wiring, plumbing and so on, to estimate how much time they would normally take to require repairs.Here's a paper that discusses "energy modeling" for single family homes that is pretty recent that is an example of what I'm thinking of:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/8/1537 

I've tried using greeting cards of various colors, using off season stamps, hand writing the letters, using colored paper, and even putting photos of projects I've done.