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If I understand your post correctly, I highly recommend not renting your house. I know that you have to do what you have to do.
Here's what I recommend based on what my parents had to do with one of their homes that they rented out:
1) Be very critical of whom you allow in your home. If you have any doubts about whether the person/people can pay the rent OR whether they will tear the house up, don't do it.
2) If you have a really great neighborhood with really great neighbors who are home owners (not renters), let your neighbors know that you have to rent out your house. They will keep an eye on it and call you if the person/people aren't cutting the lawn or are tearing your house down.
3) Have the house in good shape so that the renters cannot claim that the living conditions were crappy. They know that they are not renting an apartment where there is a leasing office, so they won't expect you to do everything.
4) Tell them that they cannot alter the home without prior WRITTEN approval from you.
5) Keep the contact info updated and let the renters know that you can and will show up unannounced; and you have a key. LOL. It sounds strange but they need to know that they don't OWN the property and they can be evicted for the following reasons: 1) they don't pay, 2) they don't take care of the property, 3) they don't heed your warnings and/or 4) they don't update their contact info or don't respond when contacted.
I hope my response wasn't left field. LOL.
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