You're not going for a deep sanding to bare wood.You need an oil-based primer like Kilz Original to start with after the scuff sanding.

@Cat R.Get a few heavy duty garden rakes spray paint em’ green , randomly lay them down facing up in the yard .

. - stuff barely touched in current thread.There is no one-size-fits-all - the risk threshold is a subjective measure particular to each individual.

I barely remember beyond 30 years ago. 

I am now faced with reality.

I just want to face lift the hypothetical unit.Is there a cut off?

People are shortsaling left and right barely before they foreclose and moving into cheaper rentals or mutlifamily co-ops and sharing with multiple generations in the family to make their welfare checks cover overprice iphones androids and lux vehicles.Are rents really falling in Denver, already?

I'm looking at this review and am facing a similar issue where the seller does not want to turn on the water.

Currently I am facing very high competition in MLS basically any property I go for is on the contract or have multiple offers or is a cash buy.

What you ideally want is a response to your post that amounts to "Oh, I'm a landlord in XXX too, I faced that issue, here's what my research has revealed..."