Rather I'm curious if people have adjusted their strategy for selecting renters and how?

Your problem will be speed as they tend to slack off as they know there’s always tomorrow.

This home had original 1950 kitchen and bath - in acknowledgement of our updates, value was adjusted a whopping $3,000 to 98K.The report goes on to say that most weight is given to comp #4 as it is most recent at 60 days.

Doing a little more research it looks like this is not mandatory but will definitely speed the probate process up.Are the successful probate marketers getting the leads before the notice to creditors or waiting until that notice is published?

If not, I would adjust the labour rate to be whatever Moly Maid and "1-800-Got-Junk" charged you and furnish their billing as pass through evidence with your invoice.If you did the labour yourself at a charge rate of $75/hr and do end-up in court, I would anticipate the judge disallowing it. 

Adjust repair estimate accordingly.I buy houses in any condition!

I plan to keep it for another five years maybe replace the hdd to an ssd to add even more speed.

Starting the conversation with a commercial broker knowledgable about these types of properties will be a good place to begin, but I would seek outside counsel from an environmental firm to better understand the property you are marketing/developing so that you can adjust price expectations accordingly. 

If they say it's worth 100k fixed up and they want 95k for it then unless you adjust your strategy and work other options a cash purchase probably isn't viableIF you are shy on the phone or nervous the above will at least let you pull comps and get back in touch with the person after you have collected your thoughts. 

Keep in mind that the numbers I have given you are general in nature and the %'s must be adjusted on a per deal basis.