Through the delay the loft buyer became disinterested.In the mean time, he put up a down payment, and was paying a monthly note to tie up the property.

In the event a construction company does not do the work they were contracted to do in due time causing huge delays and extra costs on top of the contracted amount to finish a property. 

My guess is minimally the owner self manages and doesn't account for that at all.

My husband is furious, and thinks we should keep the entire deposit and require more payment because the damage was exacerbated so badly by the delay in reporting it.

Don't delay in giving the tenant your repair invoice.

They have given lame excuses for delays.

I would not use redfinThe A/C and dishwasher can only be counted if they were installed after the property became a rental and both those items would be depreciated over time - not a single year.With that rent vs expenses you are likely to report a profit every year so you do want an accurate cost basis to start to minimize the taxes you will pay.

Annette, it didn't take that long, the total elapsed time was eight days, but we got side tracked on rain delays and didn't work on weekends.

There can sometimes be a delay between when we remove a post and when we send the message.

Some of my lenders require 2 appraisals, but a great return if you get rid of MI.You might also look into delayed financing options.From one of my lenders underwriting guidelines: For refinance transactions, the current appraisal is used to calculate LTV/value, regardless of the purchase date.