Hence my cost to repaint $1000-1500 per unit.  

Instead of them performing a general assessment which is cheaper they chose to do an inspection which is more invasive and discovered that the porch needed to be scraped and repainted which was something that was never addressed in their general walkthrough and inspection of the home after the renovations and incurring more costs. 

mainly cosmetic: stained floors, repaint, may need to replace carpet with hard wood, resurface cabnets, new shower, repatch water damage. 

If we replace the siding on it and repaint the shutters and front porch we could get that but with aluminum siding it is not likely.

And then the tenant moves out and it takes you 30 days to find a replacement tenant so you have no income for the month, and you need to repaint the interior costing another 2k.  

But the damage caused by hanging them (namely puddying the holes and touch up paint, or repainting walls if touching up doesn't work) will come out of their deposit. 

Additionally, if their capex budget was only forecast for 5 yr hold, and they are now anticipating 10 yrs, they may be seeing roofs, exterior repaints, other exterior repairs (stairways, railings, parking lots) that they assumed they wouldn't need to address, but now need to.Things to look for: positive DSCR TODAY, not on pro forma numbers.  

They didn’t seem too excited about paying all that, but my duplex is very nice and I just repainted and laid fresh carpeting (I know, I know....LVP and all that.

I would like to know what all qualifies as completely clean here- Electrical wiring is normal and no unlicensed modifications - Structural inspection is also clean.Seller is ready to discount the price by ~20% from market plus the cost to repaint the whole house What are other questions to ask and things to consider in this scenario?

Samantha Reeves,Thank you for your reply I went through the Handbook , and although it's quite detailed , it seems to me that as Long as the Roof is in Good shape, there is no Peeling Paint on the Exterior of the house, and that the HVAC system is in working order , as well as there are no Safety hazards regarding  the property/house.What I'm not sure on though , is what if there's Some rotten wood on the exterior and or you want ( Need ) another $5,000 to upgrade the house .....new cabinets, faucets, flooring, re-paint the inside ?