If you buy a property that is distressed (REO, short sale, redemption, etc) or in bad or dated condition, you should be able to increase the value of the property by cleaning it up, paint, carpet, and other repairs.  

This is the property in question: https://goo.gl/qjnBJK The top maintenance items are: cleaning up after tenants move out (paint, carpet cleaning), monthly landscaping ($90), and a smattering of appliance repairs.  

When was the last time the walls were painted?

If these people are so willing to evict you, and now gave you back your two month's rent, find another place ASAP - and use that money for a deposit and start fresh.

There were 4 or 5 units in need of repair and when I went to go see them I was expecting holes, mildew, dead cats, fire damage... saw dirty carpet, dirty appliances, minor drywall repairs, and a need for a fresh coat of paint. $3k-5k per "damaged" room.The managers I talked to both literally said, "I hate people."

The tenants before were living there for 10 years and upstairs unit for 5 years so I want replace some old windows, rip out the carpets and resurface the hard wood floors, and paint. 

Check my prior posts, I'm totally biased to my area but if I were fresh out of college and landed a W2 job I'd get a mortgage and live in rehab in mills mill/Dunean/Greater Sullivan.

I can do minor repairs such as replacing doors, tiles, and painting.

After months of living in sadness due to the divorce, I decided that I wasn't goin to live my life in despair.I attempted to start my own car painting company with my cousin.

Dallas, Fort Worth area, and I've noticed tons of rehabs out there and they're all painted the same colors (if you call neutrals colors that is) penitentiary gray and slate blue.