It also made me wonder whether Jekyll actually held initial open houses during the property’s first weeks on the market, as he claimed.With our insistence to think outside the box before the winter, Jekyll recommended we use his mother - a larger broker, allegedly with a number of agents under her and a large mailing list of investors.

One thing I do insist on is that they don't have history of evictions and they have an income three times the rent.   

But if you insist to enter it using Register entry method, sure. a.

Even when tenants want to view an apartment before it's ready and insist they'll be able to see beyond the ladders and appliances pulled away from the walls for cleaning, etc. - if they ever see the unit in less than move-in-ready condition, they will always view the apartment as having maintenance issues. 

I will also insist on seeing every unit.

If it is about checks you can insist on one.

Insist they call you for every single thing and use your maintenance guy.  

So there is this tenant everything was ok till now but lease expires end of this month they have not pay rent for this month and insist the deposit is used for that , the problem is the deposit is there for security when they move out and they still have to pay for this month and get refund on the deposit when they move out minus bills and damages .First time handling this kind of situations , any experience sharing would help

Swanny does insist on the factoring appreciation valuations in NE Ohio vs ignored in SD.

Comment: If so, then it didn't matter what the sellers wanted to do and you should have insisted the Contract be cancelled.