EIFS should be installed by an experienced contractor to make sure water and moisture can still drain/dry out of the wall.get quotes from local companies, as no retrofit job is the same as the next.

For the most part, the worst damage was some wet carpet that needed cleaned and dried.

Yes it is a lot of dry walling which is certainly cheap, but the prior owners or squatters must have been crazy kids because there is graffiti everywhere.

A home that has been abused by cats may need the dry wall replaced to about the 4 foot mark off the floor. 

I started with a turnkey company and after I was left high and dry, I learned the business myself and manage my properties from a distance with a team on the ground.

This means you spray and wait about 10 minutes for the texture to dry up a bit and run over the texture with a smoothing tool that turns the drops into a smooth and clean texture. 

Peel and stick the patch, spread spackle, dry, sand, and use a can of spray on texture.As long as you can get the paint to match, nobody will notice the patch.

One never knows; the larger margin deals could all dry up.

Institutional lenders tend to deal much more harshly with them.Depending upon the specific area of the country, non-owner-occupied house loans are virtually non-existent or difficult to get.Bankers seem to have a blind spot when it comes to the interests of the speculator in EXISTING houses.While it might be routine to make 100% construction loans to builders and developers (although these, too, are drying up rapidly), the thought that someone might want to make a 90% or 80% loan to purchase an investment turns otherwise jovial Mortgage Loan Officers into pinch-faced misers.They suddenly forget long standing banking relationships and outstanding credit histories, mumbling about money being tight and bank policy being restrictive at the present time.What then is the solution?

Tenant "Can you replace the dryer, its not drying"Me "Have you cleaned out the lint trap?"