I've read some books on how to hire contractors and some of them taught me that besides checking contractors are licensed, bonded, and insured, I need to have a contract that has written terms allowing the owner/agent to supervise the job, cancel the contract within 3 days, a start date, completion date, model number of appliances, late completion penalties, statements holding contractor responsible for obtaining all necessary permits and inspection approvals, cleanup procedures, payment schedule, waiver of mechanic lien...etc.

This is not the same with auto or credit card inquiries!

Mechanic text messages tenant the following day “how are you feeling?

Timeline normally ranges from 12-24 hrs, to 7-10 days to prepare unit for rent once prior tenant moves outCan tenants pay with auto withdrawal, or automatic payments?

Good news is you'll receive training that will get you all setup to understand the mechanics of a transaction through the real estate licensing course and the your hiring broker.

Take a look at other homes in the area as well as they will tell you what the norm is for that area.As for us, we tend to do the "just right" or slightly better and make sure all the mechanicals are in tip top shape.  

It auto-syncs listing calendars to the cleaners. 

Disclosure: I have my real estate license in Maryland to compare comps and set myself up with auto-emails looking at my current criteria.

That can be fun if your window sizes are 'set in stone' complete with a limestone sash.Then there's the mechanicals.

In general, this should be an easy task with a contract and some soft of state specific release mechanism.