It was couched in the "little lady let me tell you a few things" approach I love so much.

Obscure it with slats in the chain link.Home Depot sells them.You can get them up to 98% obscurity.Note: the Dumpster service will probably leave the gates open, so you will need someone to close them after every pickup.If the couches and mattresses are coming from your apartments, tell the renters to stop and give them a printout with the phone numbers of haul off services they can call for these items.

And I tell them when we sign the lease that (for example) if a pipe bursts and floods the house/apartment I will fix the place up to make it brand new, but I'm not responsible for their big screen tv, their couch or their other stuff.

I could have found cheaper couches, but I wanted a comfortable mattress...again I think this matters in the reviews. 

Also bought a nicely used Room & Board couch on Facebook Marketplace.

Tons of trash left in the home and in the garage along with personal possessions - toiletries in bathroom, decrepit looking washer and dryer in basement (not hooked up and seemingly long unused ), old couch, old truck tires, vehicle battery, TV stand, mower and vac in garage. 

Once in a great while one of them does their duty somewhere else, but its almost always because we've made them mad somehow or another.My sister's cats, on the other hand, have totally wrecked her couch.

Most probably end up in a shelter or on a friends couch.

In general, the risk and work RE requires doesn't earn enough of a premium above risk-free couch returns to justify the effort. 

self manage until the opportunity cost is too great.I have never been able to find an honest reputable efficient PM, and don't plan to keep searching.The key is to keep your property in top shape, then you attract the best tenants and there's really nothing to do except collect rent electronically without getting up from my couch.