Code enforcement is NOT going after people for putting an 18" by 24" plastic sign in their own yard.  

Just be prepared to do the touch up and protect your floors with drop clothes or plastic floor wrap.

There are plastic grates we use for french drains etc.

If it is actually not livable - at least get a contractor started there and working EVERY DAY mon-fri.

While the SEC has bigger fish to fry than some uniformed RE guy, it doesn't mean he won't get snagged as another example. 

There's a really good podcast on owning mobile home parks and the cashflow it provides, maybe that could be the bigger fish for you to fry at some point.

I like the idea of a basket with toilet paper and such.We provide our new tenants a bottle of bubbly in the fridge ($10) and some plastic wine cups.

This trash includes furniture, full garbage bags, cardboard boxes filled with various items, paint containers, plastic buckets, etc.She ordered the bulk trash removal service 2 days ago, and apparently they can take anywhere from 5 to 10 days to come by and pick up SPECIFIC items from the FRONT yard only.My closing is (was) tomorrow morning.

Although I work Mon-Fri 9-5, my job is pretty flexible where I can take outside cals and speak with customers. 

Buy the pump, get a 55 gallon plastic drum, cut it in half, drill a bunch of holes in it (big holes), dig a big hole in the ground in the crawl space about 6 inches deeper than the half barrel, pour 6 inches of gravel in the bottom, put the barrel in, pour gravel around the sides, set a solid concrete block in the bottom, set the pump on top of it, run your hose downhill of the house, plug in the pump and test it out (use a hose to fill the barrel).