Grow up. I've been a renter in the past, and when you're a renter you're expected to perform a minimal amount of basic upkeep (to include small things like not breeding rabbits inside the home) as stipulated in the lease -- don't like it, don't sign it.

And a property owner is not a parasite who does 'nothing.' They're responsible for making repairs when something breaks and performing regular maintenance. A property manager is supposed to handle collecting rents, arranging for repairs (and passing along bills to the owner), and monitoring the property to ensure the lease is being adhered to (which my PM clearly failed to do).

I always turned over the properties I rented back to their owners clean and fit to be rented out (or sold) again (I always got my security deposit back). It's also kind of a basic courtesy when someone trusts you to live in their property. I'd rather be trusted than have to suffer through weekly inspections by the property owner, but that's just me.