Hi MarianTo address your question,,,,,Honestly I do not like pull out sprays on kitchen faucets and I would never put one in a rehab or a rental,,,,too many moving parts,,,too many problemsThe better machine is a good Moen or Chicago deck mount kitchen sink faucet with an 8" swing spout.You can rebuild these units over and over again with decades of use and abuse .The worst that can happen with obstruction in the spout is to get some sand or debris trapped insude.Then you simply replace the screw on aerator at the tip of the spout easy peezy.The Chicago Faucet is the closet thing ive ever seen to a "lifetime faucet".I take care of the L.A.

When that happens (assuming that the economy and spending continue in this same direction, major deficits, high rate of unemployment, debt overhangs, etc) then you can worry about "hyperinflation", but for now it will be inflation, or stagflation, re the 70's. And

in one spot, separate area in same room has a large now white area damaged—surface of flooring removed – appears sanded down, several rooms have suffered deep gauges ruining surface of the laminate flooring in all cases.

I also agree it's not appropriate to ask tenant to chip in on a repair to your property.Your contractor should be able to find rub Mark's on door and sand this down to fix the issue.

He says it takes just as much effort to sand and paint a Porsche as it does to paint a Toyota Camry .  

I used a hard money lender on 3 different occassions back in the early 2000's and I was able to refinance out of the hard money loan as soon as the rehad was done (usually 45-60 days). 

Let's say 40 years, tops, if you work from when you turn 20 and quit hustling at 60. 40 years is a grain of sand, and for most people it's not going to be anywhere near 40 years because they didn't even begin to understand money until they hit middle age and started realizing "holy crap, I'm going to be working until I'm dead". 

As many of you know, we were building new spec construction in the coastal areas of Orange County for the past 4-5 years, and had the opportunity to build some beautiful homes.

For example, there are costs associated with wall damage, overgrown lawns, hard wood floor damage (both buff + coat and sand + coat), missing smoke detectors, etc.

Now read up on your building codes , there may be something in it about "temporary structures " see if permits are needed for swing sets or sand boxes .