His case is somewhere in between.There is a general rule of thumb that entitlements that do not involve a shovel are generally not changing the land but only changing it's potential use or best and highest. 

The lease does not state how the snow is to be removed (shovel, snowblower, etc) and we told them it was up to them.

You're supposed to call it then wait three working days before any digging, even with a shovel.

Contracts for snow removal with spelled out amount/time frames for when they have to plow & Shovel. 

In my mind, at least a 2-3% premium to those minimums for turn key style investments, and substantially more if you are active-like shoveling snow, checking on wells/tree trimming, etc….If you’re managing yourself, it should be a very large percentage in my opinion.

We currently have one Toro snow blower and some shovels that got us through the rest of this year, but want to upgrade a bit to be more efficient if possible.I appreciate the advice.

Also keep someone with a snow shovel on "standby" as the City is very diligent about clear sidewalks.

And then you'll notice that there's more than 200 probate files that you can use for your free lists.For San Francisco County this is the county webpage I use to research files: https://www.sfsuperiorcourt.or...and for Sacramento County this is the county webpage I use to, again research files: https://services.saccourt.ca.g...If you have any questions don't hesitate to send up a flare..Have fun...

Right now I use a landscaper, and he also shovels snow.

I had no idea, but I did have a shovel and told him if he can find a buyer and help me dig it up, I'll split it with him.