My elderly, long term tenant died. His only relation doesn't want his things, and apartment is in bad shape. Can't rent until I get rid of his stuff. How can I get money from his estate to recoup my expenses?.

You were hoping to flip houses with your *reimbursement* for medical expenses or from *additional* funds that would come from your lawsuit?

The thing is you can talk to your Lawyer and take them to court for negligence and seek reimbursement & pain and surffering.

We also noticed that when the property fronted money for capex, and received reimbursement from the capex account from the lender, the reimbursements never made it back into the property account.

If it's the ladder, then there is a possibility that I would walk away from the deal if I could not reimburse myself after refinancing.  

People will have trouble referencing how much they have gone up because they keep changing up the billing.Split bills means twice the amount of paperwork for landlords that pay and then get reimbursed.

They feel that they are not responsible for nothing and all they will reimburse me is what I paid to move in.

If that is the case, you can file a claim the Ca Bar and a request for reimbursement from the Client Security Fund (http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/LawyerRegulation/ClientSecurityFund.aspx) .

The fund did reimburse me for those two.

Keep in mind your rehab cost will be reimbursed after you submit invoices and proof of work done.