I would rather take a “big bath†and fix the system entirely right now and suffer some short-term pain than to patch things and have the government orchestrate another screw-up going forward.

There are some unused patches.

But as you can see from the photos, the backyard is mostly some kind of weeds, with some bare patches.

The inspector did her inspection and found a number of units with peeling paint - not much - very small patches - not enough to qualify under the sq footage requirement.

That road led to self-employment.The work is harder, the pay often low for the hours put in, my retirement is not guaranteed, my silent partner (the government) is greedy and corrupt, and the people I work with (tradesmen, etc.) and for (tenants) range from injuriously stupid to outright evil.If I could go back and become a pipe-smoking, tenured, co-ed chasing, leather-elbow-patched college professor I'd certainly be tempted.But alas, here I am griping on BP while my tenured friends contemplate which European country to tour during their three month summer vacation........

cracks in the foundation - is the home structurally unsound because of them or can they just be patched up?

There were leaks around the ventilation pipe boots, so we replaced all the boots and the shingles around all the boots.So now the roof looks "patched up".

I just had a meeting with a local Realtor this morning and checked out 4 homes one looks promising asking 72000 it's bank owned the realtor says it might go for 50,000 it's a double wide on about an acre of land built in 1997 it's in a country setting and all the work it needs is some new counters, Carpeting, Paint and some drywall and patches in some areas. wish me luck!

Floor in master bedroom was kind of weak, if you look at the pictures, there was a square patch of carpet that looks like had been cut up. 9.

It was actually cracked by a very heavy tenant and patched, but the entire tub appears to have had its strength compromised.