It's kinda like having a St Bernard that sheds a lot. If you'd asked me earlier I'da suggested a sweet little Chihuahua with short hair and no slobber. I know you are asking for the cure but, like the dog issue, the cure can feel like slicing off your favorite appendage with an old tuna fish can lid.
It is something to live with. Unless the roof is thrashed, it won't make financial sense to put a bigger roof on it.
The wrap around porch is probably the cheapest way to control water hitting the walls and it would only help the resale value.
The "stain" is an issue that comes mostly down to aesthetics and long term plans. Here at our place, my Wife makes those decisions.
The deck should not touch the log walls unless water never, ever pools there, even a little bit.
Then there is that darned existing rot. That stuff is more painful than eating cherry pie with your dentures out and finding all three pits in one slice. It just has to be completely found and completely fixed.
It can be as simple as carving out the outer parts of the log and filling, either with new wood or epoxy mixed with new wood. I have done epoxy repair using this product..
Heck, we haven't even started ot chemical treatments. No rush. They are not the cure.
I'm sorry I'm not more help. It sounds like the former owner tried to talk you out of it. I had a first wife like that. She was pretty high maintenance and every true friend I had tried to warn me. It's been almost 50 years and I am mostly over the painful parts.
https://www.rotdoctor.com/
The proper method involves hoitsing the wall, removing rotten logs, and setting the wall down again. It is nice to know where the wiring and plumbing is for this task. I've done it. It's doable but no fun.
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