For example, say the toilet is clogged up, the owner calls a plumber and they snake the line and recover a tooth brush of the tenant. 

Using Kilz, the old school shellac based Kilz does a good job of masking odors.

However, one good bandit sign in one good location can do wonders too.  The

I'm pretty sure they are not staged, but I've heard of those scary stories too!  The

I wanted to start with the fix/flip and in the future start with renting too. The

If your hand is steady, you can also use a jigsaw with  fine tooth blade

In this case there were no issues, but if a tenant becomes accustomed to flipping a breaker to fix things there might be a more serious problem being masked.  

@Kris Haskins, have you noticed that, other than the well deserved votes you got for your original post (my congrats too), the most votes were for those posters who pose the thought:- now, how can you get FURTHER ahead? 

You want to do it in places that rent quickly in good areas, otherwise you could have worries about break-ins or squatting.I don't like signs that say "visit something.com/whatever/address839392.Give a phone number to call too. The

She will no doubt initially tense up and be in fear, perhaps masked by anger.