I sent the $2000 cleanup bill to the tenant for negligence and she is refusing to pay claiming that my homeowners insurance should cover "old pipes." 

That's gross rents, you need to account for real expenses, like taxes, insurance, PM fees (ours is 9%), etc.

Both A and B are multi family apartment buildings.The properties are worth around 1.5-2m.I wish to keep A but sell B; preferably in a tax-deferred manner.A is in an area that has been rezoned and I wish to tear down and rebuild the property as the current building is old and I can get more than 4x the square footage because of the new zoning changes.Is it possible to sell B and use all of the proceeds to fund the development of A in a tax-deferred manner?

Did the new owner purchase title insurance?

Does having an L.L.C. generally result in higher property tax and insurance?

This also results in a discount on my yearly home insurance. 

Hey Folks, anyone in here knows the answer to this situation:If you buy a vacation home and the appropriate insurance for it at closing and then the insurance company inspector comes and views your house after a month or so and it is vacant as expected - then things check out, but if they see tenants living in the house - then the owner of the house has to change the vacation home insurance policy to a renters insurance policy?

We stay with our borrowers through out every step of the commercial lending process to ensure the loan closes properly and in a timely fashion. 11 Capital Finance personally handles all title insurance issues, property insurance issues and does all of the coordinating with every party involved in the transaction for our clients.

The reasoning behind this is that if you've lived int he home for at least 2 of the last 5 years, you can keep the proceeds tax-free.

You still have 10% property management, 10% repairs, 10% capex, taxes, insurance, etc.