I could find nothing wrong with the house other than the atrocious smell of cat/dog urine, and staining of the hardwood floors.

You're essentially their bird dog, agent, and contractor all rolled into one, and you just paid THEM for the privilege.  

HAve worked with bird dogs in the past. 

@David Bokman Ahhhh gotcha, I working on building a bird dog list as well and once I can really focus on that then I'll probably do everything local and in-house as well.

I have been told of wholeselling and bird-dogging.

Is he boarding dogs or running a day care?

Luckily the dog was not aggressive towards me.  

Hello BP CharlotterI have a friend who is looking for a small rental in the Charlotte area 2 bed   She has two Med dogs under 50 lbs. may be interested in a lease option too. 

As a property scout/bird-dog for developers or investors. 

, Im getting into bird-dogging deals for 2 investors.Im doing actively (parallel to my full time job) this at 2 levels for 2 different types of investors.A small level investor friend of mine, whom I trust, but have never worked with yet.A larger level investor who I convinced that I could bring value to him by stating the numbers on a deal I had found but did not have the out put for.