Then put in a solid garage door, that you can't see through (no iron gates, in other words.)This will hide the junk from view, and keep it safer, too.  

It would hide the wall-o-poop-er-neutral-brown, so it wouldn't be such overkill. 

(even if they were not on the lease--it's called secret pets).Ask the first responders if they noticed any pets in the unit (via a phone call), and also go over yourself and look around for any hiding under the bed or in closet, etc...Pet food and water bowls in the unit means pets are probably present, and if you don't do this and they die and ROT into the carpet and subfloor you will have one rough smelling rental to deal with.

Not because your PM may be hiding something from you, but because to me that feels like a breach of the relationship between you and the PM.

I have a tenant who has violated her rental agreement when she moved her 18 year old daughter in without prior consent and added a second pet she is hiding from me when I declined to allow an additional pet.

My instinct tells me he may be hiding something?

I've seen a lot of things done in bad taste that are hiding things that are even worse.

Install a spot light that lights up the place so there's no where to hide.6. 

If they're hiding or delaying one of their applications that's a red flag too, there's a reason they're doing this...I personally would go with either 1-3 with #3 being the last.

You just have to be careful because Craigslist and Zillow hide your identity where fb marketplace will not.