My dh and I rented b4 we bought our condo. we left the place better. we also had an indoor cat who was a pleasure. no destruction. we painted b4 we left. put up window treatments and planted flowers all around. when I was a kid, we rented and again, planted beautiful flowers and trees and left it better. I have a friend renting a condo and she's put in hard wood flooring and redid the kitchen and bathroom. another friend got a ss oven for her apt, bc she lives there and wants it to be her home. good luck