When and what repairs to make

[Eric Dietrich]

My wife and I purchased a duplex in Washington State at the beginning of the Covid lockdowns in 2020.  Knowing that we purchased fixer upper (basically a full gut job) done on a 203k loan, which is now complete.  However, there are some outstanding repairs that I am unsure if the *need* to be made or not and would love some wisdom from the community.  The biggest remaining items pertain to the crawl space and the parking situation.

Here is an itemized list of repairs:

1. Big roots cracking our asphalt driveway directly in the way of people walking into the units
2. Crawl space vents broken/missing
3. Crawl space vapor barrier
4. Mold on support post(s) in crawl space
5. Insulation hanging down in crawl space
6. Rodents in crawl space (hire a professional or crawl the tiny space and bait stations?)

If you were us and this was your first rental unit (owner occupied), would you do the repairs yourself or not?  And why or why not?

Thanks