and let me add:
6. This type of tennant will seem to always find stuff that just broke (not his fault of course), and offer to fix it in exchange for rent credit. And things will almost always break just after he lost another job.
When he moves out he will expect that you judge the property based upon the condtion it was when he moved in (not the condiiton you negotiated).
This type of tennant is a full time corner cutter that will probably just stop paying rent one day and move out without giving notice (if your lucky), because he knows that you are not going to waste your time getting a judgment against him because he has no assets.
I would add to dealmaker’s remarks that depending on the type of repair, you can get into trouble (code violations, workman’s comp if injured doing YOUR repairs, and such). At leased with the licensed worker, they should have insurance to cover problems with their work (like faulty plumbing that ends up flooding a room and causing mold damage inside the wall).
Best to figure out how you’re going to pay for the repairs (or do them yourself) and not have an unlicensed and probably unskilled person do these for you. At least if you do them yourself you will learn, when you can afford to hire someone, how to tell the good ones from the not so good.
Home Depot publishes a number of do it yourself guides that are very detailed and make excellent resources for doing your own repairs.