I told him he can break the lease, but according to his contract until I find a tenant - he will be responsible to pay the lease. 

I will be going to the news if I don’t get a response.

If you want to send me a DM I can send you a link to run an easy online quote

This ensures a clean transition of ownership and responsibility for insurance purposes.

. ;-)If the seller tells their agent not to bring certain types of offers to them, the agent is obliged to follow their instructions.However, I've also been told that an agent has a fiduciary responsibility to present all offers if not told otherwise.

Just shop around online, look for properties similar to yours, add them to favorites and watch them to see how long it takes for them to rent.

Unfortunately, while all the online places area great sources of information, you are much less likely to take action, or find someone to shadow, when online in a forum. 

Thanks for the response.

It wasn’t clear in advance what the next steps were, or who was responsible for doing what.

But ultimately the responsibility lies in my hands.I jumped on a seesaw of risk hoping that the momentum would catapult my bank account into six figures only to find out the hard way that flipping houses isn’t as easy as I had predicted.This house was purchased for $64,000 with an expected rehab of $100k to $120k depending on how much work the dilapidated and neglected house needed.The midwest is lovely but the houses carry the weight of weather storms nearly a century old leading to more damage than a beginning investor could expect.The appraisal came in at $225k for my lender meaning our all-in cost would be around 85% of the sales price worst case.