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Do the back seats come out to make room for the kennels? If so I would fit 2 large kennels there.

Also, Amazon sells large kennels that attach to the backseat, this first one has a divider which would help with keeping the pets from being too crowded, these will also be good for a litter box:

Amazon Car Seat Kennel 1

Amazon Car Seat Kennel 2

if one can fit on the seat and one on the floor space below that may work.

I read this great review on Amazon for the cats and I'm sure it will help with dogs as well:

'We recently moved from California to Texas, and while we had our personal possessions shipped we took our cat, a spry 18 year-old kitty on our road trip with us. We ordered the carrier early, put a small blanket that smelled like her family in it, and placed it in the sunlight in one of her favorite spots to lay, in place of her bed. In under 3 days she was going in and out of the carrier like it was her bed. We made the trip across the western states from roadside attraction to roadside attraction, and she made the trip with ease.'

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Also this thread has some good tips for using hotels that are pet friendly

https://new.reddit.com/r/moving/comments/e11avi/relocating_1200_miles_socal_to_northern_washington/

I literally just moved this past weekend (granted not as far as you but still had to figure out the best way to pack) and found that clothes were best stored in suitcases and vaccum seal bags I found on Amazon very cheap. The vaccum seal bags were great for keeping clothes from wrinkling and saved a ton of space.

12 Travel Storage Bags for Clothes - Compression Bags for Travel - No Vacuum or Pump Sacks-Save Space in your Luggage Accessories https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WGTNF6Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iTC2CbJ7YMFDQ

As for shoes, we bought some heavy duty cardboard boxes from home depot and stored in there. Much easier to pack than in bags.

I HIGHLY recommend something like this:

https://smile.amazon.com/Shoulder-Dolly-Moving-Straps-Efficiently/dp/B00022749Q/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=lifting+harness&qid=1565706449&s=gateway&sr=8-3

I've had a super similar experience (having to move out of a second floor, and the 180˚ turn on the stairs was murder), and I don't know how we'd have done it without the lifting harnesses. Get the ones that are full harnesses (like I've linked to), not the ones that just go over your forearms.

This is the cockroach bait/gel I've used and had success with: InVict Gold German Roach Control Bait Gel 1 box of 4 tubes (35 grams per tube) w/ 1 plunger by Rockwell https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ORVD5W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_7wH1DbDZZCM0B

I have some tips that I used for bed bugs, which might be useful to you with roaches as well. Put things in plastic totes and spray a foaming poison on hem/on the lid and leave it sealed for a few days. Be very diligent about cleaning up all food and water immediately, including drying out sinks after you use them. If you're using a bait gel, avoid using other types of poison--the benefit of a bait poison is that they carry it back to their nest/family before it kills them, so you can kill even the ones that stay in their nests. Using other poison will teach them to avoid the area.

Good luck!