You may even be able, with two tenants, charge rent higher than your mortgage.  

We actually own and operate a high-end luxury home cleaning business.We hired professional cleaners upon move-out & also had the carpets professionally cleaned at 6 months living there and again upon move-out and used proper chemicals and a professional power washer to clean any oil stains from the driveway we may have caused with our old work vehicle.Our landlord charged us the following odd, ridiculous charges:$3.33 To empty out the ice from the freezer ice maker $1.08 To screw a lightbulb in the bathroom vanity$30.00 To remove a nice black metal paper towel holder we had put in the kitchen cabinet$6.67 To fill and paint a tiny minuscule hole barely visible to the naked eye in the kitchen pantry door$3.00 For a smoke detector battery$3.33 To remove a small piece of duct tape from a wall switch in the kitchen we had placed there because every time someone flipped the switch accidentally it would turn the dishwasher off.

Property is located at the southern edge of the "Cathedral Area" of Joliet, IL, which is considered to be one of the more desirable areas of town.My goal: To provide a quality rental that sits one tier below the highest rent chargers, hitting the sweet spot between cost and return for a B- neighborhood.

At a minimum, our clients pay to have the locks changed, change smoke detector batteries, provide some furnace filters, and do a light clean to the property.

We had those fake video camers (the one were you put batteries in them and they had a red blinking light) around the whole house.

It puts them on the hook if they remove the battery and something happens. 

I use third party vendors to service the air conditioners twice a year (summer/fall)We also teamed up with an air filter company that will mail filters to our tenants every month with our logo and date stamp  I text and email tenants on New years day to change out the smoke detector batteries I have all my homes professionally inspected with a report and photos prior to move in, move out and renewal time.

(i.e. quarterly furnace filters, smoke detector batteries, light bulbs, etc.)Thanks!

I've had tenants take light bulbs and smoke alarm batteries before, but never anything like you just experienced. 

I visited a project today and learned about a small battery operated motion light that was pretty cool for a very low cost efficient solution.