@Noah BaconI bought my first rental at 19 years old while washing dishes for $10 an hr and didn't have any co-signers and used all my own money.

._____ Telephone/Television/Internet: (provider is choice of tenant, written permission must be obtained from landlord prior to installation of cable or satellite dish equipment.)Landlord Signature and dateTenant Signature and date

And if so, did you keep everything or did you have to spend money replacing things or buying more dishes, etc?

Cable/ Dish?

I noticed the cat dishes sitting on top of the machine and scratches on the right side panel.

I specify "no laundry and no dishes" (there's a dishwasher and washer/dryer on site so they can do their own).  

As long as you wipe down the counters, wash your own dishes, I'm content.

Recently it has been a problem getting people to do basic stuff like lock the front door, clean their dishes, take out garbage. 

Before we were married we where looking at some nice Air BNBs in Tulum to go stay in and there’s this one guy that was extremely upset but the landlord dished it right back saying that the help let her know how he was behaving all night.

I'm sure I didn't think of everything, but I covered a good amount of ground.Some examples of the provisions (many of these have more detailed descriptions in the lease, this is just for illustration purposes):Windows must be kept shut when it's raining or snowing.All pipes must be dripped during freezing weather (tenant is liable for any burst or leaky pipes that are a result of not dripping the taps)Wood floors / granite countertops / and butcher block counters can only be cleaned with certain products that I list (and I list forbidden cleaning products that can lead to damage, such as vinegar for floors or granite).The dishwasher can only have dishwasher detergent (ie Cascade), and DO NOT USE dish soap.There will be a cleaning fee of $x if the premises is left unclean upon vacancy.Any property left on the premisesA list of things that are forbidden from being put down sinks and pipes, and a provision that if a plumber is called and the repair is due to anything other than defective plumbing, the tenant is responsible for the cost of repair.