How many clothes, shoes, going out to eat or similar, those ARE optional. 

It's great to just add it to your blog to set and forget.Sell merch on Amazon - Amazon has a service called Merch by Amazon where you upload your designs and they do all the printing, packaging, and shipping of whatever you design for clothing.

You can make minor adjustments based on the type of appliances (dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, air conditioning, etc.) and the size of the rental.

At this point, I get tired of reminding, I'm also going away for 2 months so I won't know if she follows this rule either.I have been considerate as to not make loud noise while she was working, such as washing/drying clothes in the evening (living room is connected to kitchen and laundry room without doors) or vacuuming when she's not working.

For now I'm just telling myself (in a yoga pose) that it's part of the journey!

The tenant has to know above buying the kids fancy shoes, paying the cable bill, paying the expensive car note, buying new clothes, new tv, vacation, concert that if rent isn't paid they will be homeless.Condition the tenant to screw everyone else if it comes to that but you get your rent on time or they are out.

Total cost to paint yourself maybe $100 if you get 5 gal $60 paint that will hide well enough and then rest of money on rollers, drop cloth, $5 for silicone caulk, $2 caulk gun.

I think the tenant's furniture, mattresses, clothing, etc. sucked up the odor or camouflaged it.Unless, you are desperate to rent the unit then find a better tenant with less risk.

They also stated that they own the clothes washer and dryer in their unit, but the seller made clear that they are included in the sale of the home.They also don't have a written lease, and all of the agreements that they have with the seller are verbal only.Seeing that these tenants are more than likely going to cause headaches in the future, what is the best way to proceed? 

Then burn all your clothes and possessions from the house and perform a cleansing ritual.Good luck!