The inside desperately needs to be repainted (no surprise), but I was thinking about spraying the interior this time rather than logging another 25 miles with my paint roller, especially since I will probably have to prime AND paint.

The walls needed repainting and the carpet wreaked of urine.

Re-Finish the originals- Pull the windows- Replace the ropes- scrape the paint- Reglaze- Repaint- Reinstall2.

Touch-ups are cheaper than repainting on every tenant turn.Now, with all of that said, if I have a good long-term tenant that needs something, I might step up my game a little.

If I was in the situation you describe, I would almost certainly repaint.

The major categories are finerepaint interior housereplace windows (per window)repaint exterior housereplace roofreplace soffitsreplace guttersreplace bathroominstall carpetinstall tile kitcheninsulateresidenew electrical panel and wiringnew furnace H20etc

To use it on a tread, you MUST glue it direct, it can not float on a tread using the recommend nosing to finish.As for the rubber back carpet residue(the black stuff), if it presents an uneven surface to install over you must remove it completely (and you may have to repaint or touch up.)

The other unit I am going to repaint and do a few other small upgrades.

The inspection required the landlord to clean/replace the carpet, repaint some cabinet doors that had chipped paint, repaint some dirty walls, and replace the non-working garbage disposal.

Which is why it makes things so complicated.You could pay $500/mo for HOA and they may not replace the roof or repaint the property.