When I was 19 I was washing dishes out of high school in Columbus and then decided to buy a single-family rental.

Wash dishes at the local restaurants.  

But if you give it to a chef, he can create wonderful culinary dishes. whether you chose to use it or not, it's totally up to you.

There were wet clothes in the bathroom floor and clothes and dirty dishes and rotting food all over the place. 

The best defense against rats entering your property is to seal off all entry points (holes, cracks in walls), remove food sources (dirty dishes, food left in trash cans), and water sources (like leaks). 

To comply they’re using plastic utensils and paper dishes.

You probably don't need to change your interior design or furniture, and you already have the pots/pans/dishes and amenities needed to drop in a student or a traveling tradesman.

Dishes are the biggest conflict in almost all roommate situations.

@Tim Ryan  there is a remote chance that you will get that unicorn tenant that stays in the home for years does not have a bunch of kids that trash the place.. that can happen... however these areas are transient at best..one way to see that is look at all the disconnected dish TV lines many of these homes will have 5 to 10 of those that means 5 to 10 tenants in a 5 year period or less..STRONG property management does not specialize in hood properties.. they lose their butts on these rents are low.. much tougher to collect and simply not worth the drama....

You should see some of the houses I've rehabbed or walked. ya thats maybe a 5 on a scale of 6.. the really bad ones you need a resperator to go into them.. and people worry about a little dab of mold these folks live in a petri dish.