In the mean time, keep helping everyone by planting trees. 

Dogs tear up yards, fences, plants, landscaping.

(make those pillars stand out - two tone paint maybe)plant some seasonal plants along side of walk away and by bricks removing the left bush and if you have the money change that front door as well. 

The tenant thinks the plant is "cute", but I'm not so sure.  

In fact the only parent who was really hesitant to cosign was the one whose kid eventually had pot plants in the closet and then stopped paying, so I use that as a red flag.

Add to that an over packed apartment, standing water, plants, furniture against the baseboard heat, keeping the air temp high and not opening the windows..chances are you are going to see mildew or mold.

As of December 2014, the European market already, for the most part, phased out its R22 existing plants. 

The new drywall had paint that is no longer a uniform color or texture, but rather consists of a mixture of crayon drawings, dried food stuffs and trails of sticky juice splattered on the walls.  

Something that helps me is I have a provision in my lease that describes the paint brand, texture, and color of every room for future reference.

How about buying a big full plant or tree or three and put them in big pretty pots to put in that space.