We own a home 8 hours away from where we live. It was managed by a management company as a rental for just under a year. Then, we hired the same person who owns that company to sell the home for us. The buyer recently had their inspection done, and we were not made aware that it was happening until after the fact. Turns out, the inspector could not complete the inspection because the propane was turned off. The buyer is asking us to cover the cost of the inspector going out again. This home has a propane tank that we own, it is not leased through a specific propane company. We did not indicate anywhere that we would want the tenant to close the propane valve to the house when they left. We also assumed that the property management company (which is the same as the real estate agent selling the house), would note the level of propane in the tank when the tenant vacated. That might be way off base, but even if it were low, it would be a very low chance that the tenant moved out right as the tank hit zero. At this point, we still don’t know why the propane didn’t work. It must be either the valve is closed or the tank is empty. How much responsibility does the management company/real estate agent have in regard to this versus we are the landlords, knowing that we paid them to manage this property before it went up for sale?