If the living room has excessive debris and is beyond the normal wear and tear, you can deduct the  deposit.

We know the water passed through the meter because the water company was able to read the usage on the meter and bill for the excess usage!  

Any monies collected in excess of rent owing to the buyer would get forwarded to the seller by the buyer directly once collected.

If a lender later sees that a borrower is "barking at them" over excess equity, the may make an attempt to raise the entry bid so that it is appropriate to make a good faith effort tor collect some equity for that owner.

Save excess income. 

When all lien holders have been satisfied the homeowner is entitled to the excess if any.

I've been looking for starting my real estate investing journey for a little while and I never pulled the trigger for various reasons (that are mostly excuses like many of us).I have spent, still spending and probably will continue to spend an excessive amount of time analyzing deals.At this point I have narrowed my search to the OKC area (73115, 73130, 73110) for long distance investment for cashflow.

If you are fully licensed, put some $ in insurances at leadt $1M coverage in all aspects of insurance, GL, WC, Auto L, Excess/Umbrella.

In nicer areas an inexpensive house can have taxes easily in excess of $10k.  

We have in excess of the 20% down payment for the loan between the two of us.