forget insurance, cleaning, turnover, advertising, lawn care, snow removal, rental license fees, occupancy fees, inspection fees, closing costs, you left knee cap!

You'd have to turn it back into a livable residence and probably remove everything that makes it a restaurant and not a house. 

The house is currently painted so in order to have plain brick I would have to strip and do extensive work to remove years of paint

Could be listing "valid" comps in the area, or could be from removing contingencies or offering cash, or could be from finding a valid issue from the inspection that the investor didn't already know about... 

The mobile home park is doomed, and you can't remove trees or plants because it is in a sensitive ecological riparian area.

Ultimately if the tenant doesn't move, you will need to file eviction to remove them and get possession of the premises back.

With that said, however, it sounds like it's a full rehab anyway and you'll be tearing out some/most of the walls - which would remove the mold anyway?

If they are not motivated at all you can remove them from your marketing list essentially eliminating 6 more failed mailings. 3. close a deal on the spot. 4. learn their situation and build a rapport for a future deal or suggest a different product/option.  

I suppose it could have been removed anywhere from point a to point b.Pete

She told me she won't let me have a cent of the security deposit even with all the dog hair