Moving the credit card debt from an unsecured revolving line to your house or borrowing or taking from your 401 is just masking the symptom.  

Of course you would want to wear a mask when doing the scraping.

You are doing this probably because your contract is non-assignable, therefore you created an entity to mask the transfer. 

How bad does the basement flood, and when (ask the renters).Plus the example you provided has paint peeling off, splitting dry wood, and siding in need of repairs.And is that a paint color you want to rent.It looks like it might be a "Matchy Matchy" block with similar roof line houses.Look at the home to the right of it, soft colors with a white trim, looks much more "CLEAN" to me like it would draw a better renter, and a few dollars more a month.If it's a "matchy matchy" look for the most visually appealing home that matches and base new color choices on that.Dose the rest of the neighborhood have "Jail doors" on the front?

If their mess is trash, consider more dumpster space.If their mess is junk mail put two covered commercial trash bins near the mail pickup station.Post a red paper folded in half on their door with tan masking tape at eye level.In it say you will stop by in a day or two to introduce yourself, include a baked cookie recipe, and a silly joke.The next day start door knocking (Saturday might be best).Spend 10 mins with each one just at the doorway, talking about the problems and ask for their help solving them.Ask them if they have any problems too, ie. maintenance way behind schedule, spooky characters in the lot at night, etc..You could also tell them if the problem is fixed in 90 days or so, you will hold a drawing for a $25 gift card to the closest grocery store--but they have to be current on their rent.If it's fixed--pay for the gift card, and do the drawing and let everyone know who the winner is.If it's not fixed, red letter tan tape at eye level, saying its not fixed, so no drawing, but ask the to please keep working on it.You might want to clear the $25 gift card with the owner though, some are pennywise, pound you know what.Note: If you are in a general area with Red/Blue gang territory don't use red paper, just use white printer paper.

If your lease has these terms, then turning off power would be a lease violation, and would potentially justify retaining the security deposit.Yes, pipes could freeze in the winter, but there are also other problems that could occur with no power.Most areas of NC are highly humid, and not having AC and consistent air circulation in the summer could cause issues with humidity buildup inside the house, which could produce mold, rust, peeling paint, and/or wood rot.

The roofing material itself is fairly thin - even the really old stuff - but if it's galvanized and painted besides (most of the new stuff is powder coated) you are talking decades before you even think about rust.If I had to think of any risk of metal roof it would be peeling off in high wind/hurricane areas, because it comes in long sheets.

From what I'm seeing, the market is starting to soften so I would think you'd be able to find some deals on the market if you keep your eyes peeled.

Whenever anyone even Lightly scratches the door casings the paint begins to peel off and can’t really be stopped until it is all scraped off.

For example, they are making repair request for paint peel (see picture below), and a hole in the vanity board (see pic below).