The tenants are responsible for reporting issues to you so you have an opportunity to take care of the problem, improve their living situation, and protect your investment. 

Keep the rest for improvements and vacancies.

Another reason they are interested in continuing is the property's multiple exit strategies and high appreciation potential because of planned infrastructure improvements.

I am really interested in Wholesaling and I do hope to improve a lot and get better and better.

None of them are expensive and if you did all of them I'm willing to bet you'd see a big improvement.  

We are currently in discussions with contractors about improvements needed to her home (she has done little work on it over the past thirty years) prior to renting and are feeling totally overwhelmed.

However, within the seasoning period that may want to value the property as "purchase price + cost of improvements".

Something you could have improved or change?

The idea is if you make energy improvements to your property, it can be financed either publicly or privately, and paid through a special assessment on the property taxes. 

I think I am going to take a harder look at my core competencies and see how I can improve upon them before spending exorbitant money on a coach.