I notified her that I will be coming to inspect the property and she called the police to prevent me from seeing the damage done to the interior of the property.

Things should be discoverable out in the open and this will prevent abuse and deceit of tenants to their landlord.Only the tenants that have truly suffered income loss should be protected under the eviction moratorium, and furthermore if the government really cared they should provide direct rent assistance to the tenant by paying the missing income amount to the landlord directly for the rent until the emergency is lifted and the tenant has found employment.I think the government has no leg to stand on other than to say they were acting out of emergency. 

I found 75% + of the job is actually masking and taping to prevent overspray, protect the carpets and wall hardware, and create clean transition lines between trim, ceiling, and walls.

Will they prevent you from getting a mortgage?

My commercial bank (non fannie/freddie) uses a blind bid for appraisals to prevent fraud.

In addition, even if it were a long term lease that was month to month on a SFR in Riverside, there is no tenant protection preventing proper notice to vacate for any reason that the LL desires. 

Rural was more competitive (seems weird to think that utility companies might compete with each other...) and didn't cross over a resident's land who wanted to put in a 12" pipe (entirely unnecessary, but he was planning that my paying for a bigger pipe would benefit him if he wanted to sell his bare land as single family home lots in the future. 

Strictly speaking, for tenant monies (like refundable deposits) you should set up a separate account to prevent commingling.If it's rents and bills, I don't have a problem with using one account - AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A GOOD ACCOUNTING.  

Don't dump unnecessary money into them if you don't need to.

That's unethical, unprofessional, and unnecessary.