Send it early to guarantee arrival by the first. 

We've let people break leases after changing their minds, and I don't think we've ever had a single tenant who's really cleaned premises well enough on their way out that we didn't need to reach into our own pockets to get a place spruced up for a new arrival.

When that time arrives is there any information on good markets with a large number of reliable property management companies that anyone can point me in the direction of?

It was back-breaking work and I gave him $100 for helping me.The plumber finally arrived and looked at the pipes.

Or if the dryer stops working (because that's basically how a tenant calls it in), how long until someone arrives to assess the issue. 

They are very aggressive and made a big splash just after arriving. 

Beginning of the day judges are usually chipper and have  a longer attention span to hear you out on how you arrived at your amount for charges and fees.

I'm just totally missing how you arrived at $129.52/mo and me at $445.27/mo.

First, I would never pay utilities or buy a place where the LL paid them, maybe water, but certainly not electric and gas, But if that's common in your area, see what the average and highs are, blend those historic costs to arrive at a monthly cover charege, creidit tenants with such amount and charge extra for over usage.

Some of them have so much spread, I hate to pass on them for a smaller referral when an opportunity arrives.