Talk to some landlords about their experiences, if you're judgment proof, nothing you do in a rental ever costs more than the security deposit.
At the bigger multi units, if your room is up for replacing carpet or repainting, they simply don't care what you do, they're replacing it all on schedule. When I left my bachelor pad it was up for its decade remodel, they didn't care as long as I didn't bother the neighbors or create a superfund site.
Of course it would be purely for the benefit of your day to day life as you wouldn't get anything back out of it (if and when you decide to move).
To each his own.