If you have a number of applicants and the rest are clean, that makes your course of action easier.The gold standard would be to search these databases by SSN; unfortunately, most of the states and counties have gotten rid of SSNs in their court records, so you can't search by them anymore.

You'll have to clean up the title before getting title insurance.

They then didn't clean it since April until now.

You can still make the home look really nice and clean, which will help you get the maximum rental amount. 

The side area I can clean up and I think pretty much leave it.  

Build the system, step away, be a service missionary with my wife and kids (e.g. bring clean water systems to third-world villages, disaster relief, etc.)"

Does the sale of part of your residence count as regular taxable income, or can it be taxed at a lower rate than my regular income? 

Clean unit but original 1980 finishes.

Are you saying that the contractor would get his regular payment for being the GC?

Well, I went back to property today, and it appears the county sheriffs office was there to clean it out last week under a "Writ of Possession" order of evacuation.