But inside was a time warp back to the 80s with old flooring, dirty ugly carpet and linoleum.

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.

I did some of my most profitable deals when I did not have access to the MLS - but I did use other pay services.

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

My first floor is vacant and would like to get it on market ASAP!

I know that the Zillow estimate isn't going to be 100% correct, but based on what the first floor looked like, the sales price of other two flats in the area and my own knowledge of the area, I now feel like we should have either offered quite a bit less or walked away.

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.