We provide a three page "Move Out Guidelines" which details the cleaning required, from pulling out refer and cleaning behind/under it, to polishing faucets and other metallic surfaces to eliminate water spotting and fingerprints.

BP does an ok job of taking care of these people in a timely fashion and I think they'll get even more aggressive over time. 

But there's laws about driving and if you ever sped, didn't use your blinker, or ran a red light, then you are driving in an illegal fashion.

To address his fears/worries, I brought in a remediation company to run HEPA filters and wipe down horizontal surfaces.

Or is a good old fashion phone call to a contractor the way to go??

Most reputable HML's require you provide a scope of work and use a licensed general contractor to assure the work is done in a workmanlike fashion and yes, you will have up front costs of an appraisal and credit report.

Look up the manual for your stove's model number, and it will probably have a "clearance required to noncombustible surface" section - see what that says about clearance behind the stove. 

I am at the point where I rarely read something I do not already know or have learned several months earlier.Books take months on end between getting to press, printing, and distribution, so much so that by the time I may get one in my hand, it is already outdated information.Don't get me wrong, the education is key, I have an entire library, literally, in excess of 500 books, many on REI in some form or fashion.

you are putting up 655K and getting back gross 26.4k per year , in the surface this is 4%, but actually if your condo assoc decides that they need new windows and hits you with a 12,000 assessment you are screwed.

Furthermore, some of these same owners prefer doing business the old fashioned way (without bankers / real estate brokers breathing down their neck and inundating them with paperwork).