Then they started calling and emailing us saying we needed to do something about our building because there were too many cars in the driveway and because on garbage day there’s too many garbage cans lined up on the road and because their snowmobiles are noisy...

I think the way around that is to just advertise that this is the rent for non-pet owners, and this is the rent for pet owners, and if I find out you have a pet, the rent agreement would say that both parties agree that it will be assumed that the pet was there from day one, and the higher rent would be owed back to the beginning of the lease.Either way, tenants will try to sneak in pets.The owner I worked for would come on weekends and haul off garbage to another of his properties that had a big dumpster - he was too cheap to pay for twice a week garbage pickup (depression baby). 

You are getting closer to completely changing your life.The only think I don't like about your plan is the debt snowball garbage. 

Professional cleaning during turnover is an expense that landlords are usually required to shoulder, and might be necessary even if the prior tenants thoroughly cleaned everything.Common things that tenants miss while cleaning:Leaving ANY (and I do mean any whatsoever) garbage or unwanted things behind.

Those light switches must have been garbage to begin with, same with the seam on the counter top. 

Please consult with someone who can legally provide real estate law advice where you live.The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ARLTA) requires a tenant to “keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit” and to “dispose from his dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage and other waste in a clean and safe manner” (A.R.S. 33-1341) while the landlord must “comply with the requirements of applicable building codes materially affecting health and safety”; “make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition”; and “keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition” (A.R.S. 33-1324).

No garbage disposal, limit chlorine bleach, don't pour grease down sink.

If you do nothing, investors will try to get even more of a discount, even if they can see through the garbage to see the potential.

We also would dump our garbage at local business after dark because we could not afford garbage collection .

How much is your water and sewer and garbage collection?