A small 18 inch square would suffice, then you can just patch that section. 

For example, patching a small section of a roof would likely be considered a repair.However, there’s good news!

Is it worth it to do a complete gut job and basically make it new or should I patch it up and get it "good enough" to rent.

The Louisiana insurance environment is in a bit of a rough patch at the moment with few carriers writing policies.

Door holes can generally be patched.

If you've done your end of making sure that the ceiling leak has been addressed and you want to go in there and patch it up but your tenant is withholding rent.

So most do not worry about capex, so they will either patch it up to keep going or go into debt?

Maybe women as a whole arent interested in these jobs or flipping houses > On my jobs the the women work as designers for the hard surface company.. we have a few women I see working for the sheet rock company doing the fine detial mudding and patch work and well when I was in the logging business one of my loggers his sister ran the log loader and was very good swinging those logs on to the truck..

If your doing a patch that uses cement for the finish compound then I would use a lightweight heavily sanded mix to do my patch.

Also, if I receive an application from a renter with a LARGE service dog, am I required to accept it, knowing that the grass in the small patch of lawn will not survive it (I am currently having to resod because of a departing renter's big dog).THANKS in advance.