Paint is probably going to be best wallpaper is probably worse from a maintenance standpoint and holes poked in wood paneling are harder to fix.

It's a quasi-loop hole but a lot of people do this. 

Don't want to do anything illegal just looking to see if there are any solid ways to get around that loop hole.

Not sure yet what the final cost will be, but could be as much or more than the septic one that bit me.If there is water in the basement always slope the water away from foundation walls and build french drainage around, let the downspouts in and dig a catch basin in the lowest point of the parcel (all those measures will cost 2K at most).

My septic guys said it would have gone close to 15K if we had to have the Field worked on too to correct drainage and what not. 

GOOGLE.You know that in the African savannas lions will stalk watering holes as the water is evaporating?

Usually meaning, your find with the huge hole in the roof, or the leaking pipes or the water entering the basement.It doesn't mean you can't have an inspection contingency to see what else you could find that you can't see on the initial walk through.

I don't really blame the property management company for the damage to the properties because as the owner of the properties I can't expect my property manager to drive by every property every 30 to 60 days, look inside and then manage all the issues e.g. tenants literally running a dog kennel inside my house, tenants smashing hole in walls and literally smashing doors in half, vertically, tenants painting all the walls in the house a brown color that was so dark the walls were almost black.

I've attempted to buy properties just like this and from my experience it's a rabbit hole to near where.

Today I received a letter stating i failed inspection for items like a hole in a door and broken garage window.