It’s a stretch to even call the buildings habitable but his agent told him all the inspection report items were no big deal and he believed him.  

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Habits Do you like change?

Negative Chi tends to cling to such places and it will require the application of strong space clearing and purification methods to make the building habitable, let alone achieve a degree of auspiciousness.Having said all that, since you mentioned the cemetery is further down the road and barely visible, you should be ok.

I'm in California, and my understanding is that landlords are required to pay for any repairs necessary to make a place habitable, and tenants are required to pay for any damage that they are responsible for causing (outside of standard wear and tear).So, if I sign the lease, do I give up that right to have him make repairs under $100?

I am getting a primary homeownership interest rate which requires I habit the home for 1 year before I rent out.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________Your main priority should be making your system a habit, something that you do no matter what, that you don’t have to think about or remind yourself about.

She takes some of the money she set aside for a down payment and closing costs and uses that to pay off the credit card.Helpful or Harmful?

It may just be a habit with them now.  

If there are errors in the report and you can't get resoluation with the appraiser or lender and feel you have been harmed as a last resort you can submitt the report to the appraisers board for review.