The mistake some landlords make is they forget that the property down the street probably has fresh paint, carpet and other updates. 

If you do not mind PM any recommendations you uncovered.

Get them both out, clean it up, and start fresh.

If you're just a couple of years ahead truly mass market, then your rental will look fresh for way longer.

Depreciation can't be applied to W2 income so does not allow a tax arbitrage, appreciation from inflation is neutral because everything else is more expensive too, and only the value-add items are allowed to be depreciated on a fresh schedule, plus there is depreciation recapture at the end. 

I hope this is a fresh idea.

That could be a huge liability if someone hurts themselves on the uncovered drains now that you're aware of the problem.

Irritating is people posting responses to threads in which the last post was over a year old and the topic was a time sensitive subject.Bumping a thread to me means finding an older thread with great content and wanting to revive fresh insight - this is certainly NOT irritating!

Even a lawyer and court is a lot cheaper than that.We're suspicious too, which is why we want to make sure that we uncover as many issues as we can... however, considering that they are both so old and have been fighting over the home they share for the last 5 years, it doesn't *totally* seem out of the realm of possibility that she just wants it over with.He's tried to sue her for all sorts of things, and she has counterclaims against him in her defenses... it really just looks like an ugly situation that won't have an end until one or both of them are out of the building.

Some people around me just paint everything white, paint the baseboard the same as the walls, leave them stained and beat up, or skip adding fresh paint here.