They have moved out the furniture but are unable to move out remaining personal items (kitchen, bathroom, random small pieces).

So, I sent everything to my attorney and he stated, "My concern remains that they will charge the loan origination fee, and never deliver the loan proceeds.

There remains absolutely no signs of mold or mildew on the house itself.Here's my take. 

You should consider a 1031 Exchange if your goals and objectives are to remain in real estate.  

(I seem to stand alone in the "Let's not leverage our primary home" pool, I'm just a scardy pants I guess)So, the above remains true however the home you linked is in Castro Valley-So much different than Oakland.

Germany’s homeownership rate remains quite low.

I quickly looked up some probate laws in California and it looks like the real estate will be divided between the remaining siblings.

I could easily change the remaining 7500 to 2 individual houses.Is this easy enough to do permit and zoning wize?  

The cans had been sitting in the garage for weeks and he called me today to tell me 8 are gone and 2 are remaining as well as 2 rolls of wire.

I will have to pay fee for remaining term of the lease for all the properties that are leased at that point.