I would leave the curtains- they are easy to wash and hard to destroy. 

What are the possibilities of buying 20, 30, 40 lots in areas of Santa Rosa that were destroyed by the fires and sit on them for 5 years? 

A false start will further destroy your chances of success.

After something happened to me that emptied my bank accounts and maxed my cards my credit was destroyed to the 500 range...

@Gary Swank We have an inspection contingency (and have done every inspection I can think of...regular inspection, radon, sewer scope, mold, wood destroying pest).

I was talking to an acquaintance the other day and they informed me about a strategy where one can essentially partner with insurance companies for when an insurance client's home is destroyed through natural disaster or other causes and the client can be put up temporarily in the rental instead of being put up in a hotel  by the insurance company for the time being.

I am sorry, I'm not understanding your reply.My tenant is responsible for maintaining the exterior landscaping and yard, and in the process of doing so, destroyed the door.Who is not negligent?

One to keep and one to destroy through the ICC testing process. seismic loading, fire testing, etc. etc. 

That means that our options are either to let the lease expire naturally, or to evict the tenant for violating the lease for smoking pot inside / covering smoke detectors and risk having them become a tenant at sufferance or destroying the property.

They become this fiend, this villain that could destroy you and is probably the hardest phase of all the phases.It is during the MOVING PHASE, that you must be cool, have all your wits about you and be prepared, yet still be cordial so as not to enrage the monster that seems to be lurking in your Tenant during the MOVING PHASE (as there is NO ANTIDOTE to calm the savage beast once it takes form).