Has she been keeping her distance, sanitizing, wearing a mask? 

Plus some sanding sponges and a dust mask, and a shop vac with a drywall bag inside it (otherwise you will destroy your shop vac with dust). 

I have a house that has lead paint peeling off in the exterior.

This shouldn't take more that 30 minutes and the appraiser can follow the COVID protocol, mask/gloves etc.We did one recently and had no issue.

Will have the pass the same additional inspection (eg, no peeling paint, min roof life, min utility life, etc).Let me know if you any additional advice.

So maybe have two different LLC instead: The operation LLC leasing the building from the building LLC.Last evaluate if your mortgage lender would raise a due on sale clause for the transfer and if you need to use some masking techniques like a land trust in between.

We wore masks because of COVID, and when we went outside could still smell cigarettes/nicotine through the mask.

This week we've had an inspector, property manager, and two contractors come out to the property with no real issues, other than wearing masks and spacing them out a bit.

I do know the fundamentals of real estate investing and I know that a strong economic environment can mask rookie mistakes well, but make those mistakes in a challenging environment has the possibility of destroying your ambition.  

Pay online which is safe (as long as you wear your mask) and free if paid from your bank account: https://www.irs.gov/paymentsWhat to pay first?