Any suggestion for this door

[Mona V.]

My tenant left and the front door in the state as shown in the picture. Slab not rotten, just cosmetic issue because of the missing/broken squares. First I was thinking of removing all the squares and painting it but there are nails where the squares were. Obviously replacing it would solve it, but thinking if all creative pros know of a cheaper/better option to fix this. 

(Frame is rotten and needs to be fixed, have a quote for that)

[Wesley W.]

Time is money.  Just replace it with a pre-hung door.  The replacement frame will never fit the slab correctly, or at least not the same as when those parts are made together.  You'll spend time and money trying to get back to zero, and you'll almost certainly be disappointed with the results.