To add insult to injury, the small benefit is only received if you itemize your deductions.

I agree with Jon that the garbage disposal is just another item that will brake.

Vikram is totally correct.If you have the desire to "create" an irrevocable trust, make sure that the Attorney is experienced in Estate Planning.Also, another great item is to have both a CPA (experienced in Estate Planning) and a CFP (if you know a good one) review the documents.I will assist ing answering some general questions if you want my opinion.

So, a reasonable expectation might be taxes, insurance, a month's vacancy, half a month's rent to fill the vacancy, and some amount of maintenance.Big ticket items, like furnances, roofs, and sewer lines, do need to be replaced periodically.

I would imagine things like a new roof would cost more than the $5-10k or so people seem to be stashing away so I'm curious how those items get funded. 

We found items of furniture, possessions and some assorted junk.

They actually used very little of any of the "disposable" types of items like the toiletries, but it's a small expense to keep your guests from the possible hassle of spending all day traveling and then say...oh no, I forgot toothpaste...and they need to run out at 9PM trying to find a store in an unfamiliar city that sells what they need. 

They determined that the fire started on the stove, and could also tell that they attempted to move the burning item off the stove and onto the countertop.

On a brand conversion they can require items that could easily triple my numbers.

I provide an itemized move out slip of illustrating why the money was taken out of the security deposit.