Spouse visa questions

[socrates17]

1.This is my first post on this forum. My wife (russian) will be submitting our application in the next few weeks and I am taking all the documents over to her next week. I was wondering if anyone has any experience in a situation similar to ours.
She came over on a tourist visa last year and we were given some very bad advice from an OISC consultant that we could apply for an EEA2 family permit. Given I had only ever worked in the UK I was obviously not exercising my treaty rights but we were even lied to by this consultant regarding claims she had done similar applications before successfully.
Anyway, we were obviously refused and my wife returned to Russia voluntarily and at our own expense to make an application through the proper route. Technically she was in breach of immigration rules living with me on a tourist visa even though this was a decision we took AFTER her original application to come to UK as a tourist.
Will this previously bad immigration history count against us? We are submitting all the email correspondence (lies included) from the immigration consultant.
I will add that she originally came for just 3 weeks with a hotel booked (we later canceled this and have email confirmation) and we have her return flight booking. She then went back to arrange a wedding in russia and we returned together, still on her tourist visa believing we could use the EEA family permit route.

2.We just got our housing inspection done and the inspector said there were no reasons why the property was unsuitable to live in. However he did say he would have to mention in his report that the landlord was required to make some minor adjustments, a door to the Spam, more sockets in the Spam and a wash basin in separate WC. I am getting the landlord to give an undertaking in writing that this work will be done in the next 4-6 weeks. Will this be good enough for an ECO? I am taking our documents to my wife next week in Russia and she will be submitting our application soon after.
Comments appreciated

3. We were married in Russia last year and we got our marriage certificate translated by a registered company. and the translation is attached and sealed to a COPY of the certificate
The original was later apostilled. Does this apostille also need to be translated and if so what level of "certified translator" in russia will an ECO accept. My wife knows someone with a diplom in translation - will this be good enough? Or do we even need it because as part of the Hague convention apostilles are internationally recognised, all in the same format.

4. I am self employed and have submitted all the documents required under FM-SE. My accounts have been certified by an accountant, I have evidence of my tax calculation etc etc.
Only concern is on my bank statements a couple of the payments are marked as Foreign Exchange. I was actually paid cash in hand in a foreign currency by some visitors to UK for work I did in the UK and am paying UK tax on - all declared and legit. I exchanged the currency in my bank and counted it as income. Do you think this might raise some red flags with an ECO - possible rejection?