I am a Coldwell Banker Realtor and have owned dozens of rentals at the same time. Here is what I do. On the day you turn over the property to the tenant go buy a newspaper. Take ONE video of every inch of that home. Inside Cabinets, flooring , baseboards , I go slow and video it from every angle I can. It takes about 15 mins to get every inch.
THEN I tell the tenant that I have done that and I am going to be saving that video. I tell them I WANT to give them back their FULL security deposit when I sign the lease and that video establishes condition on move in date.
I tell them I expect them to take good care of it like it was their property and that if they return it to me as I gave it to them minus normal wear and tear then they will have the security deposit back at the speed of light. And if not the video does not lie.
WORKS ..............After all fixing it costs downtime and lost rent.
Been doing it like that for 15 years ... before that I just hoped that it would be ok. Save the video to the cloud and you are SET.