On 5/15, which is after our official termination date of 5/14, I requested next steps on getting funds and clarification on outstanding accounting items.

At the hardware store buy the spray cans that reach out to 20 feet for around $10.  

While you can't create limitations against their lease and legal rights they have for quiet enjoyment, things like keeping common areas free of clutter or routine maintenance items that are tenant responsibility can often be added to help keep the expectations on both parties clear.

We’ve got to separate this type of loss from those in which the 5 items listed above weren’t followed. 

If $23k is just a “hope and a prayer” then he’s going to have a very hard time producing any CREDIBLE itemized bill.  

They said they would credit for the things they didnt deliver, but took credit from the task rabbit video for items I purchased separately, never replied on the work they did not do.

Everyone visiting the grocery store knows it.

My goal changed from acquiring more inexpensive properties to looking at real estate as a store of wealth - quality over quantity. 

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

Bifurcating the asset and operation, putting the wealth behind an "iron curtain" and arranging the public facing side of things in a manner where it is a conveyor belt of throw-away entities with little to no value stored themself, IS a viable approach.