And I've been warned from other realtors that if I have a buyer rep agreement, I'll get cut out.

There are some dogs that just have to be on the couch so these cut way down on dog hairs.We provide dog bowls for water and food along with an absorbent mat.Last up we have a small Bissel hand cleaner for accidents.

You can also ask the title company to offeer a "lean Fee Sheet" meaning "Cut the fat" and reduce the BS fee's.  

They excavate the sewer main for their tie in, while exposed they cut my active line and capped it. 

But single economy rolls from Aldi didn't cut it for us that one time.

The plumber will likely have to cut open the ceiling to confirm and make repairs, so you can save a little money by learning how to do that yourself, confirm the problem, and then call the plumber for repair, then patch the ceiling yourself.As Jonathan is trying to point out, it's important to expect these things and have funds on hand to deal with them.

It might be easiest to simply not renew the lease if its a 1 year lease.  

We found out the potentially the whole block has led pipes so we are needing a contractor to cut a hole in the floor.   

They do all the work and then they take a cut.

Lawn cutting/snow removal you can get quotes for, plan for some vacancy, property management software if you will use any.Hope this helps.