I learned that next time I need to be more organized with the tools and not be so messy :)

They're just messy and don't like to clean. 

@Lionel Li Thanks for the advice!

I actually partner with my wife, and that works, but if you end a partnership it does get messy!

I like the idea of a $50 per day penalty, but it often gets messy.

The previous tenant left the studio apt within it an absolute mess. I

Assuming the current resident/deed owner does not want to take on the debt, how messy of a foreclosure would I be looking at?  

@Joe FergusonI do not know the law in Texas, but around here if you sold the house and are now the bank (i.e. the name on title is the present owner/occupant)  you would have to foreclose (or exercise the Power of Sale clause of your financing agreement) and you cannot evict someone from a property you do not own.If the current occupant is purchasing the house via an instalment sale and title is still in your name (since the sale has not completed), things get a little messy and it's time to seek legal guidance.Things may be a whole lot simpler in Texas ... but I doubt you can evict as if they were a tenant.

Then everything earned after marriage (outside of these assets) could be communal property.I've personally seen too many marriages end when one individual brought significantly more into the marriage and it caused for a messy divorce.

If their agent gets involved and makes a mess I walk, otherwise the seller or I pay the agent and we get on with our lives.