If anything you now have a new line item you can add to your future lease that says "Tenant agrees not to post signs on doors or windows".As I see it you have done what you needed to do which was to open up an avenue for communication and given her instructions on how to pay rent and report issues.

That might be a good place to determine if there are must replace or fix items.

Ask him to itemize the estimate and there's your numbers to put together a rehab spreadsheet which is useful in the future.

I'm slowly acquiring furniture and decorative items from garage sales, our local thrift shop, Craigslist, the classifieds and Restore/Habitat for Humanity store that sells donated appliances, floor covering, furniture, windows, doors etc.

Very fast and easy process and doesn't invoice a locksmith.If we can get enough input from other investors on this list I'll create a spreadsheet of all the items and an explanation of their benefits then upload it into the BP FilePlace.

They own their homes outright, so the deduction would not apply to them.Some homeowners, mainly middle- and lower-income families either don't pay federal income taxes or don't itemize, so the deduction wouldn't apply to them either.

You can exercise the home warranty on items, such as furnaces, water heater, fridges, dishwasher, etc.

Many GCs also won't give you an itemized bid, which is good for the GC, but makes it hard to compare bids and decide on what to fix, so usually I ask how they bid and avoid those that don't itemize.  

One item every commercial lender will want to see is a decent DSCR which is an acronym you'll become very familiar with in speaking to commercial lenders.

His contract provides a rough outline of the work to be done and the requested itemized portion is not much better in retrospect.Secondly, I trusted too much in the draws leading up to work instead of paying upon completion of the different tasks.