Boosting Neighborliness of Neighborhood Surrounding Your Rentals

[Al Williamson]

I saw the neighbor's lawn was growing out of control. Since the single family rental home is on my "front line", directly across the street from my eightplex, I felt responsible to take action.

Instead of calling the landlord, as I typically do in these types of matters, I paid my maintenance guy $10 to knock down the tall grass. One of my neighborhood-building strategies is to do good deeds when they can be seen. My investment strategy hinges on building neighbor loyalty around my rentals which eventually boosts property values.

Anyway, the renter was delighted to tears. She had been dealing with a lot of issues and her lawn was a public manifestation of her despair.

How have you boosted the neighborliness of the neighborhood surrounding your rentals? Is that something a landlord should be concern with? Do you have any plans to do so this summer?