You can toss out what's obvious garbage, and they suggest you store anything that looks like it's of value for a reasonable time, and send the tenant info to come get their stuff by X date.http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/handling-te...It looks like different cities and counties in Ohio have different court websites, and without looking closely, it looks possible the procedures may be different depending on where you are, so Google your city or county and "housing court evictions"This one for Cleveland says you need to first serve a 3 day notice to pay or quit, wait 3 business days, then start the eviction through Housing Court.http://clevelandhousingcourt.org/hc_fq_b.html

The clutter is intense in all of the rooms, the bathrooms are dirty, there is garbage in the hallways.

They have since tried to keep the dog on a leash while it is in the backyard, but it gets out of the house on occasion.our other problem is we went away for a couple days for the long weekend and when we returned, we found food and garbage on our back porch and throughout the yard.

I was an onsite manager for 25 units (not including mine) - granted that's a lot more than 3 units, but I can tell you it's difficult to just come and go and even just take out your garbage without one of the tenants wanting to chat about some issue.  

Rent includes water/sewer/garbage (and electricity, in your case),a value of $130/month.

And more garbage and more water being used...

Pour the grease into that and once the grease has set and the can is full (ie don't use it once time, keep adding to it), put the can in the garbage. 

I am trying to rent my first property should I get a new or used stove and refrigerator or leave no appliances, what about a dish washer, garage door opener, or garbage disposal.

So I live in NC, not MD, but I can tell you this is garbage.

For now, I am just a free consultant for my landlord friends ha ha.Just today, I was walking by the dumpster outside that is under one of the old-fashioned garbage shoots, and of course, there is garbage all over the ground around it, because tenants just throw garbage into the shoot without bagging it first.