The fact is that some or all of those factors might be true but it doesn't mitigate the damage. 

With the Cash for Keys offer, they are gone, haven't damaged your property, the eviction fees stop and you get a better tenant in there who won't be giving you unneeded headaches during the holidays.  

We are out several months rent that she didn't pay, and several thousands of dollars in damages to our home from the vandalism she committed.

That gives the buyer time to wait the credit markets to come back, restore his or her credit, and pay the seller off after doing a refi.

When you evict tenants, they will sometimes do damage.

Now, this doesn't entirely make sense logically to me, but at least it's an answer.To complicate this though, the tax courts have ruled that in some instances replacing the roof can be considered a repair if the roof still had plenty of useful life left, you were only making the replacement to restore the property to working condition (not, say, to increase it's value), and replacement was the most economical way (like fix a bunch of leaks) of doing that.However, to be conservative, I think I'm going to have to depreciate.

However, if the roof has been leaking for some time you need to check for other damage.

At present, in our market, ins cos don't want any liability for potential mold issues, so any water damage claim is a trigger.

You can try thrift shops and Habitat for Humanity Restores, too.I think Karen Margrave is thinking of "twin long" beds.

Keep noted, they are using the Section 8 housing free gas, free water, and any damaged they done, the housing will have to fix it.