You also need to make sure the dryer lint exhaust gets cleaned out properly.

When redoing this house the two themes I would like to stick with for this home are durability and ease of cleaning.  

Are the walls and carpet clean?

I went last week I just arrive to LA last night I went to see a lot of houses and I saw some good deals but they go fast an as a beginner I need some help like yours, I'm with an agent but I think she dont work with investor , I feel she works more with regular clients and is not really aggressive on the deals, I left an offer and if it doesn't work I'll reach you Tks

Second, I already have one rental property 3 streets over from this one which has never had a vacancy and only minimal repairs (less than $400 annually for system check-ups and cleanings).

Don't pay retail or clean up a sellers mess for free👍 

So far they seem to be receptive when I send a notice to clean something up, but everytime I check on the place, there's something outside that looks awful.

I'd assume I probably wouldn't want to send a crew of people to work on a meth house without having it cleaned up first, even if it was being gutted anyway. 

Also the blog regularly mentions interest rate analysis.

They left the items there for about two months and paid a $500 clean up fee for the items left behind.