The yelp speaks for itself, multiple people don't call you a scam unless you are slinging garbage at the very leasthttps://www.yelp.com/biz/nick-vertucci-real-estate-academy-santa-ana

Rental Property Analyzer       Asking Price: $389,000.00       Address: 74-76 S Whipple, Lowell MA 01852 # of Units: 2       Income     Rental Income: $3,000.00       Other Income:       Total Monthly Income: $3,000.00             Expenses     Taxes: $326.00       Insurance: $130.00       Water/Sewer:       Garbage:       Electric:       Gas:       HOA Fees:       Lawn/Snow:       Vacancy: $150.00       Repairs: $150.00       CapEx: $360.00       Prop.

A handful of other things have happened to, which completely put a bad taste in my mouth (IE: she asked if her niece and her nieces baby could move in for a month and I said no - she didn't listen and they moved in - technically she broke her lease right then and there but I let it slide knowing her lease was going to expire) (she thought another tenant knocked her garbage can and grill over -- when it was just the wind).

This is because the area has very high rents, and with travel nurses I have to pay for all utilities, including heat in a Northern climate, internet, garbage, lawn care, and snow removal.

Also, garbage can in the middle of the island and visible in your photos? 

Not all my calls were for drugs...some were for fights, throwing garbage in my yard, noise complaints, etc.

Yes there are garbage coaches out there. 

I have a rental in a new rural development that does not have city garbage pickup.

Or do I risk it looking like garbage and having to buy all new countertops?

Garbage.