I would recommend that anyone who’s doing a type of transaction for the first time hire an attorney to represent THEM, aside from the closing attorney or title co.  

Are you planning on self-managing or do you need to hire a property manager?

I hired an attorney and she recommended at this point with all the problems Blacktip Construction and Jeff Beach are having to file a criminal case against him and registering it with the DOJ.

I hired a public adjuster after Hurricane Michael and was able to get almost 3 X what my insurance company wanted to pay me.

This is definitely less than $150 with a plumber, unless they run into some issues.Any handyman can do this job for less than $80.The high price is probably due to your PM hiring a plumber when they should have hired a handyman to save you some money.

I will not qualify as REP status and I don’t think I will be able to meet the 100 hrs plus 2 stays by 12/31/24.

I build my list from parcel viewer, then hire a skip trace 40$.

There are certain agents that people sometimes hire to make the actual proposal to the board.

If you encounter this situation, you should hire an attorney to properly managed dismissal of these suits. 

That's not really a full story so it's hard to say, but generally, if you don't feel secure or confident in the person you hired, you shouldn't have hired them.