To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

I'm mostly just mad that it took so much of my time to get it sorted.

Account Closed Especially since you've done a deal already - I find it effective to have a credibility kit of some sort.

That can be helpful as a sort of emergency fund.  

@Sam Schlosser Get the attorney to sort this out.

Sort of a blend between real estate agent and escrow officer.

They do make sheet vinyl that looks like wood and if you go to a flooring store usually they will have a much larger selection and can even save you money with different types of installation like going over exsisting floors with a floating vinyl sheet install. 

I'd say that in your scope of work to make sure timelines are a part of it as well, and that you make it a goal of yours to never have the house "empty", meaning there's not a day that a worker of some sort isn't scheduled to be in there.  

And, simultaneously, go back to all the contacts built over this time and now inquire and ask "how do you think i could be/do __(strategy of selection)___?

This means 99.9% of the people on distressed lists, will say "no" to you.Thus, 99.9% of people in some sort of distress will NOT BE MOTIVATED.