@Steve nailed it.

The current tenant claims they were there when he moved in...... in going through my records, my move in agent and the tenants placing agent have no record of a move in condition sheet filled out by the tenant.Lease states that if the tenant does not submit one, the house is considered damage free.House bought in 5/2014..all new paint....one tenant previous for 12 months...this tenant for the remaining time until now.My agent did the walk through post last move out and did not note any issues where she felt I needed to repaint except one room, which I did.Since its so many walls in different rooms, the estimate is $1000 to repaint these areas.So the recent tenant is claiming they were there already and its normal wear and tear and is my responsibility to fix.My position is that there is no documentation of his claim and if he had just left them alone I could have fixed the issues way cheaper since it would have been done correctly from the start....it would have been way better to just leave a bunch of nail holes in the walls than have blotchy paint everywhereOpinions?

If it were me, I would spend some time TODAY, to nail down what type of foreclosure it might be and where in the process you are at.

- but I am beginning to get the impression they are going to fight tooth and nail on getting back into the house once rehabbed.

If it isnt tight and sturdy nailing the shingles is tough.

Maybe a small beauty parlor, nail salon, art studio, music lessons, or specialty sales books, clothing but it is anout what the area would support, what's missing.

Electric nail guns.

@Barry Je, @Michael Le pretty much nailed it.I would say you could also get the help needed by partnering with an experienced sponsor.

If you've got these things nailed (which in some cases, is easier said than done), the rest should fall in line without too much trouble.

I recently served one of the tenants with a 30 Notice to Terminate Tenancy (tenancy less than one year) though the nail and mail method.