With recycling, there's 3 garbage pails for each rental unit, so with 6 to 9 cans rolling around the sidewalk and streets for days, it gets ridiculous.

Indeed there are lots of mole mounds in the front yard, but the tenants can use the sidewalk. 

The landlord gives the tenant a break on his rent for shoveling the driveway and sidewalk out front.

Turns out the roofer hired parolees to help rehabilitate them and they were not permitted to enter houses or leave job sites.Had the neighborhood association's attorney show up in my driveway one morning when I was leaving for work and reported that one of my resident's guests was found passed out on the sidewalk with their pants around their ankles.Had a resident break through the dividing wall in the attic that separated units in a duplex and steal items from the neighbor. 

if it's more than 2 units the landlord is responsible for snow removal. not sure about owner occupied though. on a side note, you may want to go ahead and make sure all the sidewalks are clear because that's on you if someone takes a dive.

Snow Removal from Sidewalks

If not leaking, you should not pay over 2,000 unless you have to excavate and replace sidewalks, etc.           

You won’t have the opportunity to take advantage of major swings in rental rates because they are locked in however some leases adjust at 1 or 5 or 10 year intervals according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or some have a percentage rent clauseMost retail leases are also triple net (NNN) meaning the tenant pays in addition to rent the real estate taxes, building and liability insurance and maintenance of the parking lot, sidewalks, landscaping and other items that would be considered “common areas” or areas utilized by customers.

The land has in a high growth area in Northwest Arkansas and has seen the frontage road go from a 2 lane road to a 4 lane road with nice wide sidewalks and planted trees.

At each property we give one of the tenants a $50 credit each month for cutting grass in the summer, leaf cleanup in the fall, shoveling the short sidewalks in the winter, keeping common area hallways & stairs cleaned up year round (vacuum/sweep every other week).