I have the other floor guy coming next Friday to fill in the rest of the floor.  

We then paid the company after the work was done.We planned to fix up the rest of the house as we could.After several months we realized the friend that had offered my a wife a "dream job"  was in financial trouble and not able to pay her.

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

In other words,  you've paid twice.I would prefer you make them pay full rent and then pay them for services rendered just like any other employee or contractor.

Buyer in the beginning did not want to be represented, buyer declined services from listing agency, LA accepted offer with buyers agent on the contract along with signed agency disclosure.

There are various services that provide sale data other than the MLS however many do not have as detailed information as the MLS. 

There are services in the city that make this an easy process, but I don't anticipate needing to use them very often. 

Personally, I think a decent kitchen and bathroom are important but I have no idea what your unit currently looks like or how it compares to the rest of the market so I can't answer your question.

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

What i used to do to find services like that was to just find those people on google or google maps and give them a try (https://goo.gl/maps/JhUyEFKVXkH2) unless you can get a good recommendation.Typically, i would go over 2 or 3 different ones to see how well they communicate, how reliable are and how much they charge etc.