No, you can't. For example you could not set the house on fire. Even if it was empty and you made no insurance claim it would still be arson.
Everyone should know a couple people they can trust to make someone disappear.
On planet reality, they don't.
A house sitter also keeps people from using your empty house as a weekend party pad.
What I’m saying is that your advice to pay a housesitter when I’m not home is kind of stupid. If I own the house, no one but no one should have any claim on my house.
You could bulldoze it.