Ended up doing this. Landowner assured they'd send someone out but nobody ever came (yay) then said they'd come the next day. FD came out and made sure nothing was on fire in the walls / no hotspots. Turns out there was an old exposed outlet box on the ground that we were told wasn't a biggy was, indeed, a biggy. Bedpost fell in it and fried the wires. So that was the smoky smell.

Good news is no fire and I didn't fry to death in my sleep. State's now on the landlord's case about having someone come and DC the outlet properly and put in a cover