New tenants appear to not be keeping up with the landscaping.

[Chad Bailey]

I just drove by my property and the landscaping is very overgrown it is the worst on the street by far. How should I respond to this? Do I message them reminding them that maintenance of landscaping is their obligation and any fines incurred by the HOA will be passed on directly to them? Or do I wait another week and see if they've done the maintenance?

Grass was 2ft tall in some places. This is a class B+ property.

[Amanda Paugas]

I factor landscaping right into the rent. I don’t trust any tenants to do the landscaping because it almost always isn’t a priority for them. I’ve also heard from a friend that one of his tenants mowed the lawn, kicked up a rock and it chipped the other tenant’s windshield. Not really his problem per se, since he didn’t cause the damage, but I’m don’t want to cause problems between tenants either. I have the lawn mowed every 2 weeks by an insured company so if they ruin anything, it’s on them. It costs me about $50-60 a month, so not a huge difference in rent and the tenants don’t seem to mind.