Just don't try to scam them and ask how they plan to do it and then cut them out and try to implement the plan they gave you.

We have been getting  it snaked twice a year as a preventative measure.

This is the largest item that prevents us from extracting all of our investment. 

Yes you can unless you signed an agreement with the agent that would prevent you from doing so. 

So if you don't have other income and became an agent it could prevent you from purchasing property for a while.To make good money as an agent takes awhile and takes alot of time.

They're using the same playbook and trying to prevent foreclosures.

(The whole credit business is a timely endeavor.)Once you get a grasp on what constitutes a good credit score and you start implementing goals to make that score better, then you should take some time and figure out what it is that you want to do in the real estate world.

@Brandon Foster, before Covid-19, we implemented a process of making at least 1 additional offer each business day at a price that ensured it was a good deal for us.

It prevents you from doing anything else. 

Window treatments are often not supplied unless they are left by a former tenant-- I do provide 2" faux wood blinds in my low income properties because they hold up better than mini blinds and make the property look better from the outside than having sheets hanging from the windows and they prevent wall damage