Also, how do you like being an agent, and how has it helped/harmed you in developing your business?

If you profit, get rich and help others along the way then where is the harm in that?

On the other hand if you do know who is actually going to buy it, there is no harm in telling the Agent.

This is not to harm any providers in any way.

While not actually in compliance, what is the harm, where is the public served, better yet, how are the parties better served than making corrections.

you fix the place up and rerent ASAP to mitigate damages. any damages are paid from security deposit and a statement as such is mailed out in compliance with your local regulations. then, if your new tenant does not come in until april, you bill old tenant for any days unit was vacant. assuming they paid march rent on time, if you rerent in march, you have to refund any days not vacant. you cannot collect double rent. in the meantime, tell tenant now that you understand his problems and want to do everything possible to keep it from negatively effecting him, however, he has signed a legally binding lease, and if he does not pay april rent, you will file for eviction, which will stay on his record for 7 years. his best option is to help you get a new tenant in there before april 1...no harm no foul. his next steps need to be cooperating with you so you can get handymen in there to assess damage and plan for turnover. tenant can also make sure everything is as clean as possible, as soon as possible. in no way shape or form should you let tenant repaint or even consider repairing anything. that should only be done by your people. honestly, he is only leaving one month early, and leaving mid month gives you more time to rehab and get somebody in there by april 1. if he left last day of april, you would most likely experience a one month vacancy. this may be a blessing in disguise, so use it to get someone in for april 1.

Otherwise, if you are a true seller, what is the harm and effort involved in giving details of a property or note before seeing a POF?

Wayne Brooks You could argue that rezoning only primarily benefits the neighbor and harms the OP before a judge.But ultimately, you are absolutely correct.

We define it as, "a situation that will cause physical harm to an occupant or major immediate damage to the home."

No harm in asking for references.