And gave me every gray hair I have.But that's not the issue here I don't think. 

I suspect there to have been smoking in the unit which is prohibited in the lease agreement.What would be a proper way to address this and reasonable deduction to the security deposit for the extensive cleaning due to the excessive dog hair, damage to door and door frame and the high possibility of smoking that occurred in the unit?

Living in a high-cost market like Seattle myself would’ve had me pulling my hair out trying to break into rentals locally, so I totally get why you’re jazzed about the Midwest’s value.

Of course I rode the wave from 2018 to 2024 with the west coast transplants during COVID and driving up prices in the area.  

You can't even sue him for Failure To Perform because your contract stipulates that he has 3 more years to prove that he can perform.After you wait 5 years and lose all your hair you finally get to pay an attorney $50,000 to sue the syndicator, but the project is an LLC corporation and you can sue only that corporation.

I want to fund my life through managing properties and investments, doing a little bit of hair (I used to have a salon and now I just have about 2 clients a week that I still do for now), and I plan to get into small business strategy consulting after graduation.

Anytime you're involving the govt it's a hair pulling nightmare.

I am a software developer and I authored our current software, so interfacing to their API is not really a big issue, but I am not sure if anyone is familiar witth the process of using an API, If you arent familiar with the good ol nitty gritty programming, you arent going to get very far before pulling out all your hair.

---I'm sure we are splitting hairs at this point.

I want to put slightly better everything into my remodels than a "good" remodel  Not a monster leap, just a hair better on the appliances, fixtures and flooring.