For instance, "If you leave the place undamaged and empty and don't leave a bunch of stuff out by the garbage bins, I'll give you your full deposit back in cash when you give me the keys, instead of making you wait 21 days, etc."

He vividly recounts what it was like to constantly dig through garbage cans for food, steal money while the adults were passed out, steal food and clothing from stores, and a lot of physical and mental abuse.  

The tenant had clogged the old cast iron sewage pipes with baby wipes and other garbage (e.g. pens.

I'm sure the garbage didn't just appear after you bought it.Then, if I wanted the garbage removed, I'd just remove it.  

The Den Mother ensures everyone is respectful to one another, that the common areas are cleaned, garbage goes out, etc.We have every tenant read and sign a copy of our house rules as part of their lease and we let rooms on a month-2-month basis, which allows us to deal with any problem tenants in 59 days or less.

Yeah, she ended up kicked out because she couldn't make rent a priority and the previous manager let her get away with this garbage for years.  

and basically buy a trap and set it and let them loose a ways a way...Opossums love trash, garbage, make sure it's all in cans. with lids

Past landlords based on my experience often don't give any information worth noting and if it is their current landlord if something is bad you can bet your A** they are trying to get rid of them so will give you a load of garbage (i.e. ask me how I know).As far as getting your money back your better to advise you plan on taking them to small claims unless they make payments. 

Call quality was garbage, and trying to set up a separate ring tone I had to save the google voice number as a contact, and doing so it no longer would let me screen calls.

Most of the time I repond to a "help me analyze this deal"-post people are worried about who pays for garbage and how much the water bill might be.But they don't know how many years are left on the roof, the AC and the driveway.We generally replace everything that has less than 5 years left.