It is just common courtesy for a tenant to leave a house reasonably clean......not spotless, because obviously the owner is going to send in a cleaning crew before re-renting the property....Obviously you should have some language in your lease about what you expect and want....

Personally, I do incorporate that language into the lease and will make exceptions on a case by case basis.If tenants are neglectful I will force them to remedy the issue.

My half-baked idea: charge a bit more every month as an 'ongoing maintenance escrow' or some similar language.  

Maybe first read the contract you signed with them to see if there is any language regarding utilities being switched or cut off after vacancy.

(Property is a Duplex and I plan on house hacking it)The standard MLS purchase and sale agreements (PSA) I've seen have boiler plate low appraisal language  in the financing contingency.   

A few receive benefits so one person can care for the kids/older relatives while the older kids go to school and work one or two jobs and the other older adults work one or two jobs AND have the second home businesses or side gigs. they get a 30 day notice with no warning and don’t want to deal with the legal system or don’t know their rights or have language barriers so they end up with relatives or in cheap motels because no one will rent to them for one reason or another (benefits, pets, no ID, no credit).

One area of concern we've come across is the tendency of these companies to include some language in their contracts that would absolve them of any responsibility when acting outside the law.

The buyers lender will often have language they want on the form, then the forms are sent through the seller, since the seller is the actual party to the current lease.  

Yup, rates are spiking this week for whatever reason.You would need to read the language in your specific contract.

Specifics, and contract language, will rule.