I would advise a hands-off strategy, because you lack the desire or ability to confront.

I was only ever confronted with this once, again in a house that had water damage.

AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO A TRADITIONAL REALTOR SALE.I confronted them on a public post of Opendoor on Facebook, you can see for yourself how it went below(after my question about them charging 19% they stopped responding): HERE IS THE ORIGINAL POST

I thought about all the post on BP and wisdom handed out by people who have done this longer than I have and I had firmly decided despite my desire to not be a "jerk landlord" I had to protect my property and confront this tenant. 

Then he missed a payment and when confronted he said "If you evict me, I'm going to trash this place.

I confronted this same issue and went with the mini splits, but I am not sure that I would do so again. 

If by chance this happens, it is best to not confront the beast but to keep your distance until the courts can set it free!

I don't mean to sound confrontational, but Peter is clearly looking for information on how to buy his first house in a new market, and to fill his head with delusions of grandeur about 20 caps will pretty much have him spinning his wheels and never pulling the trigger on anything.Peter, there are lots of nice up-and-coming areas in Tampa (there are also some bad areas to stay out of, namely Sulphur Springs and anything around North Howard Ave by Downtown).

When confronted with visible mold in the laundry area our instinct was to act immediately, which may have been the first step in the tenant's parents belief it was not the fault of their kids.

It will prevent any tension between tenants/roommates because you can displace the authority of ownership to someone they don't know and they'll just view you as the middle man.Brandon talks about this strategy in some of his blogs to prevent unnecessary confrontation.