Check your laws.In most states, you are only requires to provide safe,adequate housing.Heat, electric, proper plumbing, no leaks etc.

I do this for a living designing and engineering electrical in high-rise construction here in the Chicago area.

From what he told me, it's really really really cheap, it's non-toxic, bugs hate it, easy to apply and it makes the place smell fresh.

Exterior paint & rotted wood repair 2,400.00Interior paint & drywall repair 3,300.00Kitchen update - appliances, granite counter top. 4,500.00Bathroom update (1.5) 1,500.00Flooring 5,300.00Lighting & electrical 1,800.00HVAC check 350.00Misc Expense 2,000.00From my perspective I think the repairs are way over estimated so I am having a contractor go out there and validate the repairs.Also there is a cash transaction sale used for one of the comps.

We also got started in renting out our home when we were transferred and the bug bit us.We invest through two methods, pure rentals, and personals turned rentals.

I'm looking for handymen/contractors who can do it all in the Houston and Dallas areas for SFR's that I bought that need maintenance to make rent-ready (repairs, install flooring, appliances, repair siding, ideally even do plumbing and electrical)-anyone have any good recos at low prices?  

Ortho indoor/outdoor bug spray gets the job done on 90% of bugs.

I still need to decide on the shower stall (if anyone has had luck with any certain kinds I am all ears) other wise everything has been decided just some things still need to be paid for.Had to increase my electrical costs as we needed to add 2 circuits to the kitchen to bring it up to code with adding the dishwasher and bringing it into the 21st century.Gutted kitchen with its new windowThis will be the layout of the cabinets once installedhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4tlga09RSJek1DQ...I had a meeting with an arborist on Friday for the massive pine tree in the back yard, unfortunately this tree will need to be removed as it is infected with bore beetles and posses not only a threat to my house but the house next door as well so it will be getting removed this next week weather permitting.  

There is a discussion of it here: http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature...One of the proposed solutions is to make individual properties as "Customers" in GnuCash and individual expenses, such as Electricity as "Vendors".

Aside from the tax issue, if something like this happens again take the renter a few electric space heaters to use until the next business day and then get a repair person in to get the furnace looked at.