She has an FHA buyer looking for first house.. they make offer with her making a normal 2.5 or 3% fee plus buyer of course needs closing costs..

Can i require the tenant schedule a time with repair person for W/D.Yes, it is normally the tenant's responsibility to open the rental for a contractor.

Is this normal practice for contractors?

So I think you meant to say that the Listing Agent (representing the seller, also called the "Seller's Agent", not to be confused with "Selling Agent" lol) should be doing the things you mentioned for the buyer, that a buyer's agent normally does? 

Can it be left alone because it is 'normal/common'?

Normally they are not that far apart, but could be a month or two.Wherever the OP is, I would think might be different than TX as it sounds like he doesn't get full ownership of the property until 12 months later. 

Start with the bank you normally deal with. 

City is home to seven Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Kroger, and Fifth Third Bancorp.

When you study this area in economic texts and in academic papers, there is quite a lot of govt intervention on behalf of all sides (tax code isn't 12,000 pages for no reason and it usually isn't helping the renters)Let The free market act as it normally does, there are more multifamily units coming online this year and next year than ever before in US history, despite rising insurance and property taxes and construction and labor costs, as the potential for profit is too juicy to ignore, but The developers and investors also bear the risk of loss.

Some LL may never know the work it takes by PMs to keep properties from squatters.I feel I got lucky because it happened to me starting out and I figured that's normal.