Legally, your security deposit is owed to you the same as it was before. and current owner has the same obligations they had before.

Total no of people in house are 5.

As a little retired lady, how would she be able to secure a loan to do this?

I plan to 1031X two of my current properties (225K total) to make the purchase.

Perhaps this is dead simple observation, but it seems like that equity I took out (which I'm still paying interest on) should be factored into the new property P&L since taking out equity is never seemingly total free and clear.  

I'm also a big fan of renting to other military personnel due to the extra securities it brings with it should your tenants do you dirty.

You can deduct tenant-caused damages from the security deposit, but you can't deduct wear and tear or stuff that just breaks.  

Should i still take some of their security deposit if the place is in decent shapeShould i share with them the fact that i need to occupy the place for a cheaper home loan loosing leverage?

I also ask for 1.5x rent for security deposit + first month's rent + cleaning fee up front. 

Does the NOI of $143,666 with Operating Expense: $226,573 mean that the total income it had was 226,573+143,666?