Paid too much, got ripped off 20k by a conman "GC", project scope expanded non stop.

Unfortunately, I took this employer to the Labor Board, a state agency, and they ruled in favor of the employer because the employer lied and said that I was given an employee handbook when I started where it stated their practice of ripping off employees, eerrr, I mean of not paying deals when someone leaves the company. 

The other day I noticed a large rip in the soft top of my Jeep Wrangler right after the landscapers left.

Do not buy into his program, he is getting sued for ripping of quite a few people. 

It even violated setbacks and they were ok with it.The next town over, very CA-like, would have made me rip the entire thing out and put it back to the way it was prior to the unpermitted work.This is very city-specific and you should check in with the building department and ask them about the process. 

I included a pic (inside has nothing but ripped through walls, pulled wires/piping, it's a gut job. 

Does it matter if the tub is scrubbed clean if I am just going to rip it out? 

Don't paint the walls, then rip up the tile, because you'll have to paint the walls again after reinstalling the floor.If you're using this house as an investment, treat it like an investment.

There was mold, knob and tube wiring, the "new" roof was done horribly and needed to be ripped off and redone... it was basically a complete gut job.

But I have read numerous stories of how investors got ripped off.