Any crazy painted rooms - get them neutral.

If any members of the family have hearing problems, install one for the hearing impaired.The entire unit, both inside and outside, including window frames, must be free of cracking, scaling, peeling, chipping and loose paint.

It needs a good $5-8K to make it what I like to deal with which usually means new floor coverings, paint, windows, some shingle repair or replace, skirting, maybe some cabinets.  

After some research it seems that the consensus is to not remove asbestos siding, but to spot touch up and paint or completely cover with new siding, because removal is very costly.

.- Lead paint.- Tenant placement can be tricky.

Option 3) Finally, it has crossed our minds that perhaps it would not be a bad idea to do flip for our first deal on a home that needs basic and minor cosmetic updates (new coat of paint, laminate floors to replace carpet, updated appliances and cabinets perhaps).

If it won't FHA/VA etc because of paint and handrails.....

Because we don't use a separate credit card for real estate, when we go to Home Depot, we got a charge receipt for, lets say, paint.

House hack if your like me I actually like painting just one room to be satisfied in ownership.But go talk to the commercial lender and tell him your situation about your 1 strike.

Neighborhood somewhat busy thoroughfare, yellow line painted in street.