Who supplies salt or sand for walkways during Minneapolis winter?

[Wendy Man]

Hi Everyone,

It seems that the walkway on our property may have ice sometimes during the winter.  

Does the landlord typically supply the tenant with salt/sand for walkways in Minneapolis?  And if the landlord typically supplies, is salt or sand better?

Wendy

[Jeff Schemmel]

@Wendy Man

This is not necessarily advice, but I both supply it and take it up on myself to do snow removal and when I do that I apply salt myself and kindly remind my tenants that it's icy and to use the supplied salt liberally.

I self manage and I really believe in that. I'm also not one to ask my tenants to take care of anything like lawn/snow for a discount because I have my own standards for that sort of thing and I prefer to not rely on a tenant to do it and deal with the hassel when they inevitably do not take care of it. That's also a good amount of responsibility that requires attention and prompt planning. I also don't own a ton of doors so, like I said, not advice but just sharing my stance on this.