I have to disagree with @Josh Caldwell and @Daniel Hernandez on hiring a credit repair company.

If you do it yourself or hire it done, use a minimum of 10% in your calculations - now at $34,650. 

With good small apartment complexes you can hire a good management company and offer them a bonus for leasing out units.  

I asked him how much he owed, discussed the cost of hiring a real estate agent, the items potential buyers would ask him to coordinate/fix (cosmetic; floor, paint, cleaning) and the time it would take to sell.

Always had in my mind that they would have to charge a bit extra to cover the mark up, but I thought it could cost less since they pay so little to the contractors hired by them (The Home Depot).As I was at the home depot store last night questioning about the cost to get their services done, I was approached by a few people in the store, asking if they could give me a price for whatever I need, but on the side (not through the home depot service).

Will you be managing it yourself or hiring a property manager?

You have an legal option, but the cost you face to hire an attorney may not be worth it to recoup money from the landlord.  

You hire them, and they get to work.

(May 2016) Yes, I have read numerous times to get a GC and hire it all out.

There are also a couple of consultants I would hire when things get serious.