I've been tending to put the bar high, like 78" ( with 9' ceilings I alway build separate storage above) so a second bar can be added, but I think I'll do it your way.

I mean like ceilings caving in and such that you couldn't see on the listing or even a room that looks ok in pictures but not so much person?

I got a bit of a bad feeling when I suggested waiting a year to have the ceilings scraped and she said, "It's best to do them now, before having the flooring replaced, because *something* always gets messed up when ceilings are scraped."

On the walkthrough, the home looked great other than some rotting siding, a couple broken windows, stained carpet and old water stains on kitchen ceiling.

The house is in a solid location but with it being just 2 bedroom the rent ceiling is probably not really very high if you plan to keep as a rental. 

They are simple as long as you aren't installing a fan on a ceiling that can't support the weight.This is probably not going to be your only house project.

Had to send my son there (an hour away) to change a lightbulb, even though I asked if they had changed it and to fix the ceiling fan that "just stopped working" because they broke the pull chain.

. $1500 lesson after the water in the ceiling damage)2.

Since this is a valve issue you as the property owner need to replace this soon before it damages the ceiling of the unit downstairs and depending how deep the valves are sometimes it requires to break the walls to fully repair the valve pipes and then yes you will need to repair the wall after plumbing is completed.

Been empty several years, slate roof leaking, heating ripped out, dropped ceiling a mess, assume actual ceiling also a mess.