There are houses that are absolute gems if you can put in the work to restore and rehab. 

In restored condition an 8-9 cap is fair market. 

My friend runs a medium sized restoration company who covers everything from bad smells to full fire restoration.

If you don't have a sufficient amount left, you would have to refinance into a conventional loan, therefore your VA eligibility would be restored and you could move on from there...  

IF this were your property for the entire time the tenant had lived there and thier pets had caused this type of damage I would recommend you talk to a deck replacement person and get a bid for replacing the urine soaked wood.. you will never probably restore this deck the wood has absorbed to much urine.

Vinyl siding, covering the original hardwood siding (one day this may come off and be restored).

I'd personally bet on Travelers Rest or Greer or West Greenville before Spartanburg.

Craigslist and Habitat Restore (sounds like your ReUseIt) are my best friends too. have bought some beautiful windows, doors, plumbing hardware etc that you could never find at Lowes there. it's amazing what people are getting rid of.

So I bought this big Victorian for 12,000 sold for 28,000 and share equity with the previous owner. 30 years later I drove up to that house on 101 highway in calif and it is still there and just beautiful the people that own it have spent years restoring it.

The biggest mistake I see is people spend a ton of money on websites and squeeze pages, but spend zero on promotion.If I had $10K to spend, I would spend <25% on development and >75% on promotion.Think of it like this: The guy who restores a beautiful car and leaves it under a tarp in the garage, gets only those select invited friends to see the beauty.