There seems to be an idea out there that tenants are out there...

There seems to be an idea out there that tenants are out there wrecking the houses they rent which is inaccurate. The vast majority of tenants don't cause any damage but still get screwed by the real estate agent/landlord when half or all of their bond is robbed at the end of the tenancy period. The percentage of bad tenants who cause the amount of damage you alluded to is very very small.