She was married but separated and living with me for 4 years due to poor health.

HUD doesn't do lead inspections, they look for code or health violations. 

  :)  Sanding the side grill and the top fan grill will be somewhat of a pain in the butt... maybe ask around to see if any auto body shops or powder-coating shops would be willing to sandblast everything and paint or powder-coat it grey.

Offered to cancel the lease, and got these pain in my butt tenants out, fortunately. 

A tenet text me this morning after the board of health stopped by the building to look at some construction debris (Wood, carpet, old washer) that i haven't had the opportunity to pick up yet.

painting is THE one thing you should never let a tenant do.you spend 5x the cost to fix it later.Years ago, a tenant of mine painted a bedroom and bathroom beige, didn't mask anything, and did a sloppy job.The only reason they decided not to paint even more areas is that they got lazy and quit halfway through the job.They get all excited and motivated at first, then realize painting is a bich.Was a big pain for me to prime and paint everything back to white.

I feel your pain.

The more units you have the less torture will be less painful each vacancy makes you feel. 

Sure they build up portfolios quickly but they are one bad decision or bad luck away from some pain.

As long as it's not friable it shouldn't pose a health risk-- did they say why?