Any fees they're charging you need to stop until there's a new tenant and if you have an account with the management company, ask for a credit.After remediation is underway and insurance claims have started, you can see about an attorney and do a cost/benefit on whether it's worth it to go after the contractor.

Less competition.

If your tenant prolongs their stay one month, you've probably cost yourself more than what the attorney would have charged.

It is most likely price, but just look at your competition and try price your home to beat out theirs (within reason)!

@Charles Burgess To be honest with you, the chances of you buying a lot and building on it for less than the cost of buying an existing property are pretty low.

I have two 1/1s in a high cost mountain resort area, and they have rented out just fine to the right guest profile.

It's a question of cost vs. benefit.If you have any suggestions, you can send them to @Rene Hosman as the forum manager. 

You can do that to help cover down payments & closing costs for new real estate investment purchases.Now lets look even further down the road.

Material misrepresentations or omissions on the Application will constitute a default under the Lease or Rental Agreement between the parties, and applicant will be responsible for the cost of any background checks performed.

Also, they don't cost anything to close and you don't pay a penny unless you use them.