It sounds as though I own this area and that the cleanup is my responsibility (despite the fact that it is unlikely it is my tenants creating the issue).

I suppose I could clean up and keep that butcher block they left behind and place it like an island... but is that really enough prep space to cook a meal? 

They had cleared out very little and it took my son and I the whole day to clear most of the items out of the house.We were approached by no less than 5 neighbors throughout the day making comments about how glad they were to have the place cleaned up, how shocked they were that people would live that way, and how sorry for us they were that we had to clean up after them. 

Instead, listening to expert advice, we decided to make it the "nicest cheap house" in the neighborhood, making it a clean home that qualifies for FHA financing, and with it being one of the cheapest houses, any buyer dreaming of a starter home will have the opportunity they have been looking for.Purchase: $154,773Rehab: $37k ($9500 was just for trash out and landscape clean up..sooo much buried in that yard)Re-sale: $250kHolding Costs: $7,568Closing/excise tax/commissions/etc: $20,325Total Profit: $30,334Finishes:Something we started doing over a year ago is putting together "finish packets" for our contractors.  

If I wanted to sell the same dollar amount of stock as i get income from my rentals, the stocks would be depleted.

Also, work to rebuild your rainy day funds and clean up personal finances. 

You just generously lube with wd-40, then cleanup the mess on the floor when done.  

From what I am reading, it sounds like an electrical clean up where switches and outlets were rewired.

I just want to note that I will definitely not be doing any clean up or improvements to a property pre-closing, unless I have a 30-day payoff sitting at the Title Company.

I do not see the home selling for more that $40,000 at the time, I do hope to clean up the area and make it more desirable to people.