Yes, I would love to slam the tenant and notify the world of their behavior, but that would not recover the losses.As investors, we learn to calculate an NOI before we buy. 

I am in a precarious situation with a 4bdrm 4 bath SFR in Orlando, FL as in I have someone interested in renting the house as part of a group home for recovering alcoholics exclusively to women.

The attorney will help you recover their costs in addition to any rent costs.  

Personally  I would sue, for two reasons: 1) You have a chance of recovering your losses.

(C) If the landlord fails to comply with division (B) of this section, the tenant may recover the property and money due him, together with damages in an amount equal to the amount wrongfully withheld, and reasonable attorneys fees.  

Anyways, if you do the $10k in upgrades, that would take you 3 years to recover that investment. 

The rehab necessary to make a property ready for rental use is not an amortizable start up cost, but rather a capital expense that is an adjustment to basis and recovered through depreciation.That is why the question of whether the pool work is a repair or improvement is moot.

I have lived right out of Dallas Texas and I found BP about 18 months ago while medically recovering and looking for something to do that is more flexible and based on my experience and no-how.  

Rent rolls grew only 2.5% in 2017, which just beats inflation of 2.1% last year.At this point, construction starts still haven't recovered from the recession.

Their equity has recovered and improved.