At the same time I looked at your earnings and it is amazing that you have been able to support 5 people besides yourself.If your wife could find a job and her aunt could find a telecommuting job, you could all weather this rough patch and then perhaps your wife's aunt could find a low rent place for herself.

No tenants have left because of the leaks, the money to patch the roof is minimal, and it works for majority of the year in sunny California. 

If it's bare wall, you often scrape the sheetrock paper off with it and need to patch it. 

The only thing cheaper than skim coat is to remove the wallpaper and patch the bad spots yourself. 

Lawyer finds out lead was not remediated according to EPA lead rules and goes after landlord for damages.I am sure plenty of landlords patch over these things and it is not correct.

This would give the yard some depth and not just be a patch of grass and sod is instantly green.

You will want to avoid or be very careful dusting the ceiling with a broom just so you don't knock down any patches of popcorn.

Worked mostly well, though one wall had to be patched a bit, it got rough under there, not sure why.I think the type of steamer makes a difference.

Now I make $200.The one year vacancy was a combination of patch of smelly carpet in the basement I didn't realize (my sense of smell was terrible back then) and probably a bad property manager I was using for tenant placement.But even the one that turned over in a month took $4,000 in turnover costs and that was with me doing most of the work.

If the lender tells you the same thing (in writing) you could use that to renegotiate with the seller.Once I had to patch some stucco and repair an interior handrail while I was under contract to buy.