Prime it and put an enamel paint (not latex) on the surface.

When I finally snapped a few months ago and confronted him about the endless nonsense and confusion in accomplishing simple things, he threatened to punch my teeth out for questioning his word.

I replaced the floors, painted, installed new trim, put a new enamel on the metal kitchen cabinets, installed two new windows, and replaced the furnace.

I replaced the floors, painted, installed new trim, put a new enamel on the metal kitchen cabinets, installed two new windows, and replaced the furnace.

Most MLOs start out as a poorly paid glorified telemarketer essentially cutting their teeth for months before slowly transitioning to a true MLO.

He's probably going to have to evict her, although if he can get her arrested, he might be able to just move all her stuff out (illegally) while she's at the police station, change the locks, and if she shows up afterwards, call the cops, show the restraining order, lie through his teeth that she never lived there, and the cops will probably tell her to go away quietly, or get arrested again for violating the restraining order.Other option is to just legally evict her, which is going to take time.

Use an enamel paint-talk to someone at a paint store (not a big box store) and tell them it is for cabinets. 

Life has a way of kicking you in the teeth just about the time you start to feel comfy. 

The only thing I would worry about is they like to chew to keep their teeth sharp.

As a newbie, my thought is use local house hacks to cut my teeth, and then buy out of state IPs which could provide better cashflow/ROI than rentals in the Northern VA area.