Unless the landlord is really cheap and willing to sacrifice vacancy time for cheaper labor/materials cost, then a professional PM should be hiring professional crews to do the work...people where that task is their main job....not some side job that they can do when they get a chance...hell, I can do thatSo....you pay for vacancy time....or you pay for a more professional crew to do it faster...your choice.I'd be shopping for a new PM...... it may be even more important to find a new one BEFORE you go out of country since once you aren't around the current one may get even worse and then you will be trying to deal with issues or find a new one while you are gone.

If not, do a light, cosmetic rehab and place a new tenant at market rates.

My opinion is that if people want cosmetic upgrades, they find a property that has those things, or purchase their own property with those updates, or pay for the upgrades themselves.

I like vinyl planks for the floors because they’re durable (if you use good material) and waterproof.

Needs cosmetic updates to rent out.

I'd love to stay in touch and maybe we can even recommend materials to each other that we find useful while educating ourselves.

The husband is a “handy-man” and would like to do the repairs himself and for me to reimburse him for the materials.

Plus the trades are aging fast and many will retire and we have a generation of college kids come up who can't tell a 2x4 from a 2x8.Sub 300k inventory (in our market) is the lowest and limited to existing homes - the cost of land, materials and labor force builders into the 400-600 range, so starter homes are like bit-coin: finite supply.Wrapping it all up I dont believe we will see an economic slow down have significant impact on the RE markets - at least certainly not to the tune for 2008.

Otherwise, have a handyman patch and paint for cosmetic fix. 

If there are, then I would address them..if this is a real concern for the health of your property, then fix the real issue...drainage, foundation...... damaging the interior due to mud/dirt etc....then fix it....if its 99% cosmetic, then hell noOtherwise the tenant can go pound sand......they rented it "as is" with full disclosure and acceptance of the property...Don't like it?.....