Moving of some furniture seems normal to me, although it would have been better if the painters had put it back.

then go ahead with the deal (you should have built in enough of a contingency to account for these kinds of surprises)...this is actually a  normal occurrence, in my experience, when buying from gov't institutions.

He shouldn't be allowed to step foot on your property.

Hi @Patrick Toy and welcome to BPSeems normal, I checked into a few companies when I first moved to Vegas and they wanted 8% to 10% and then I think the rental fee was one month's rent ($750 to $850 for me).

On a normal deal with a sane tenant or buyer, you're not going to have a lot of issues anyway and therefore, not a lot to manage.

I've paid to have several long 1,000+ foot fences. 

What time and what day do they normally occur. 

Lenders also don't like to see these liens so even if the buyer wants it their lender may not.Maybe when you sell the house you can pay it off, with or without prepayment penalties, but if this is the case do the math to make sure this improvement is worth it on your fix and flip project, it may not pencil out, it normally doesn't.

I've been slow to get started and I realize I now need to get my foot in the door, make some decisions on where I want to start and then pull the trigger!

It would normally be put into a trust, LLC or Investment group.