The only help the attorney is willing to extend is the following phrase "you can submit a sight unseen offer if you have an interested buyer."

Next, I would communicate to the new tenants about what's going on and apologize for the inconvenience and see if they want to (or even can) extend their move-in date or just cancel the lease they have with you. 

@Wayne Brooks They were sent a certified letter 30 days before the lease ended that we did not intend to extend the lease past it’s expiration date and expected them to be moved out. 

Missed a date at 3 weeks, then missed the extended date 13 days later.Just run away from them as fast as possible.

Even extending end date to March will help.

You don't want to shoot yourself in the foot by over-leveraging or over extending yourself.

I'll be financing the project, so I'll need quotes for the lender to release the funds for the repair work.

It never goes as far as the evection filing but close, past the North Carolina late rent notice and late fee and onto the 10 day demand notice most months which is part of North Carolina legal process.My wife blames me for having approved them and in my heart I know it’s true and right so I will continue to struggle for the rest of their lease and the extended lease I offered when they agreed to start paying on time!

The bank won't give YOU the money, they release it directly to the contractor.

@Eric Kulling if it's from the walls IE a smoker living in the unit and smoking indoors for extended periods of time try a professional painter, killz paint should fix the issue.