@James Wise, how come you had your disturbing reply?  

they do a drive by on their own.. put their offer in and only look at the house during the home inspection.. no one wants to disturb tenants..really good agents in those price points have buyers lined up that buy that way.. no way are they going to haul someone around and show them beat up house after beat up house..

I only say this because a tenant could be problematic, such as cause several complaints from neighbors that cause you to get fined by the city, disturbing other tenants if it's a duplex or MF, performing illegal operations, use the premises for something it's not permitted for, etc.

He implies it is my responsibility to address but I think it would not be considered a  noise disturbance by most people. 

Our standard lease buy out fee was 2 months rent and security deposit returned as per condition of unit.Obviously they didn't disturb anything in the unit yet, as they didn't move in so I would tell them send me 1 more months rent, sign this document per lease buy out agreement the fee is $$$  my money order or cashiers check, and get it back to me by .... or you'll file when appropriate for unpaid rent.I'd try this first before getting a attorney involved.OR just fold send the deposit back and start over.

I'm deeply disturbed by this because this is he 3rd theft I have suffered in 3 years.

Most likely, tenants will not want to disturb the landlord or will not think that the condition needs to be corrected.

All details would ofcourse be in a contract.Pro's - I secure a tenant now as opposed to later- I work on rehab less Cons - I would have to trust his work, or micromanage repairs- He is a very busy individual, with loud work trucks and a lot of equipment to disturb surrounding tenantsAs tempting as this sounds, is it even legal to rent an unfinished space? 

And someone has to be putting your hard cost and soft cost budgets together to make sure the deal actually works financially, concurrently with getting your land disturbance and building permits approved.I'd say on the average new apartment deal I've been involved with the developer has invested about $800K over a 9-12 month timeframe from signing the contract to buy the property to closing on the loan.I'm not familiar with the Orlando market, but metro Atlanta is going crazy with apartments right now.  

Depending on your market, you can optionally list that property as "occupied, instant cash flow, investors only, please do not disturb the tenant."