I was going to accommodate costs for insulating pipes if needed as well as regular snow shoveling to prevent damage to the driveway.

It would likely require an attorney, drafting documents, registering with the state, establishing a board, etc.It would be much easier to simply create an agreement with your tenants on who shovels and when.

But if you're finding the tenants yourself (instead of paying ten percent to a property manager), getting your housemates to share the cost of utilities with you, shoveling the snow and mowing the lawn yourselves, etc., it might not need to hit that mark.

While my apartment needed a full body suit and a shovel to clear out.

You have owned the land for quite a while but when you turned a shovel that changes the character of the land. 

I have an offer from a tenant to shovel the sidewalk and small parking area for $100 per month.

Morning All, I am looking for a referral for snow shovel service to bid some of our properties out for the season. 

Getting through that process to arrive at a "shovel ready" project is no where near as capital intensive as ground up horizontal and or vertical development and can be very rewarding if it is done correctly and provides the option to develop all or part of the project yourself or in a JV with investors.I am working on a 30 acre site that will be developed as a "build to rent" single family project that will provide the value add opportunities note above.

We’re currently considering adding an addendum to the lease where we reduce the lease amount in exchange for our tenant mowing the lawn and shoveling the snow in the winter.

(ie sewage piling up under trailer due to disconnected pipe) You (someone) needs to get under there with a shovel and bucket and clean that crap up.