Sellers are not going to smile at your offer as the property has to be in good to great health and safety codes, no fixers.

Mold is a fungus; "normal" amounts are not known to cause health issues but the problem is the term "normal." 

Cannot evict for lease violations other than health and safety.

@Mario Morales you never need permission to enter for health and safety emergencies, and if you have an urgent (but not emergency) issue like this, you simply need to provide the proper notice.

As Bob said Tempe is probably your best bet but there are some good areas in PHX (Encanto village, Coronado district) that have multi families that you can get good tenant (health care works) and are good in areas.Feel free to reach out!

I intend to challenge the vague inspection report, which by the way, did not include pictures of the deficient items.Lastly, if I do fix the items and try to keep her in the unit, the tub refinishing may be problematic as she has COPD and I don't want to be responsible for inhaling anything that could trigger something with her health. 

Your first order should cover a vast majority of the rough products you will need on a heavy flip and possibly even the finish items too. The

Will lender close with those as health and safety code violations?

Maybe you can get him mental health help, get him back to living, exercising, taking care of something...

And I feel rather unique since I am technically a smaller woman with health issues so I do have to push myself and work harder than most ppl who feel normal.