Is the paint really bad?

Also bleached the less than 1sqft of surface mold and painted over it).

Wallpaper needs to be removed and needs new paint.

We had a professional lead test and it turns out that all the walls have lead paint (which is completely painted over with new paint).

Replacing the siding is a major expense; painting the siding and trim on the 2nd floor could run up $3-5K in expenses by itself.

It seems I've painted myself into a corner with lower value properties bought out-of-state.

I have had  them take stuff, but to me the worse was when they spray painted the kitchen cabinets and smashed random sides of the cabinet, cracked the glass on the stove, spray painted the inside of the frig and oven, cracked the blocks of the patio and left the spilt alcoholic beverages and ladies underwear all over the hardwood floors. 

You are going to have vacancy, turnover costs (painting, etc.).

So I spent $3.5k on painting my rental unit before a tenant moved in.

We used undercoat and paint on all the walls and ceilings.