I had to cut down trees, remove debris all over, rebuilt fences, erect new mailboxes, and none of these are covered. 

No realtors will take a rookie, he may take a mentor and agree to a cut of rookie commission for three transactions.   

I've heard many terrible stories about people co-wholesaling with others and then being completely cut from the deal.

How would I go about speaking with a large multi-national bank like Chase to convince them to cut their losses? 

They will remove a row of siding around the house, cut a 3" dia hole into the sheathing, fill up the wall, place a plug into the wall and reinstall the siding. 

Here's how I would have probably dealt with it: 1) Check the lease. 2) Order a new fridge and cut a check for $180 to tenant.

The formatting is a little off from cut and paste but there are 2 sections under early termination section. 

To a lesser extent, you're seeing more fixer uppers than move in ready homes that failed to sell in the spring/summer-these individuals have finally gotten their wake up call and made drastic price cuts. 

Seems like your debt service would really be cutting into your profits.

Usually cutting the amortization and hiking the rate which often times doubled their payments.