While it is vacant it is at risk of a break in and appliances, copper, furnace etc being stolen.

If they come back to get it, just tell them someone must have stolen it after they left, and before you got there, or...don't tell them where you moved their cra$ to until they pay you the cost of moving it there...and only accept cash.Seriously, one of the first things you find out as a landlord is it will cost you more to try to recover eviction cost losses than it's worth. 

This is traditional rental model, the hardest to make money at, the highest expenses due to replacing broken and stolen stuff.  

Also occasionally appliances are stolen when the move out in the night.   

People ask me for a referral to a good handyman or builder all the time and unfortunately I can't give any as most have done **** work and stolen stuff from me. 

.- The inspection form is your list should anything become damaged or stolen.- The inventory may also be included in a future sale of the property.The benefits of a thorough inspection are many.

You could be liable for their safety if something happens to them and you knew that the keys were lost or stolen before everyone got the keys.

Well, there's always Bitcoin :D.Seriously though - as much as I hate the hair-brained and pandering policies Seattle City Council and other similar governing bodies, I think we as landlords tend to blow the eviction thing out of proportion.

We recently had a break in (into a vacant property), but all of our tools were stolen.

In chickens and bitcoin.