There is a lot of furniture, but mostly junk left in the unit.Can I just have a clean-out company remove everything, or do I need to have the family sign something first giving up their rights to his belongings?

Coming from a non construction type experience and expertise, I believe this is definitely something most people can study learn and find deals from.

I own these properties long distance and use an honest but inefficient property manager.In a perfect world I could get the manager to inspect the property and get the place cleaned the very next day after it has been vacated, and maybe the water is still on. 

But you can't exchange for the non-real estate assets of a gym.

Small office is the wrong place many agents will not have the time and small office broker may interpret any non-producing agents are surplus.

Can anyone from the area recommend a cleaning service? 

Found them off the Quickbooks website under the Support/Find a QB ProAdvisor section and they basically held my hand through the whole process of how to do enter transactions, import my credit card statements online, cleaned up my chart of accounts, etc. 

The project I had wanted to do requires a Whiteville sewer tap, so my non-subdivision, 10 door (townhome or SFR) project is on hold until I can dedicate time and energy to get it moving. 

. - Good motivation to keep your nose clean otherwise!

Are you allowed to charge tenants a non-refundable fee up front to help defray that cost?