With that being said, the exterior can use a minor face-lift:- paint job- tear down this concrete wall- replace the back gate door (POS wooden gate)2.

I'm just personally having a very difficult time creating the best approach for them to have the best outcome.In the end if it's too complicated for them and not worth racking my brain over I'm OK with that, I would just hate to see them let their investment basically dissolve due to unfortunate life circumstances.  

and the statutory fees already racked up close to $1k not even including his feesi would have thought in all counties of CA it would be around the same, since its the same court (Superior)

One of the other rentals has clapboard wooden exterior siding and window units for A/C.  

Make sure the code violations are taken care of as the fines can quickly rack up.

We buy things from warehouses, craiglist ads, and Home Depot's clearance rack, even if we don't have a current project going on.

The feces stains and cockroach droppings are extensive inside the drywall and on the wooden studs and joists.What is the best method for cleaning off the surface mold?

In fact, the hard money lender that I happened to land next to (who was actually very helpful and shared some advice with me....wooden nickels maybe but hey I'll take anything at this point) remarked as much - his first smirking question being, "You haven't been to this meeting before have you..."

I have been racking my brain, and spinning my wheels with this hard money lender.

okay here is a little story about this house. i bought the 1200 sqft house for $14k from a owner, and spent around 12k for remodeling such as a new wooden floor, paint inside/out , window and tiles and some new dry walls.