When you find yourself in that landscape, its best to back away and pursue those things that can't be questioned regarding what might be considered as an ethical violation. 

Only after they went in an painted it and did some landscaping.

We've come under budget by significant margins on paint and landscape.

I knew nothing whatsoever about buying a house, but this place was a white elephant oddity...bottom floor concrete block, upper floor double wide modular..on a flag pole lot, with no landscaping whatsoever, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, bad subflooring,  one bedroom had been "converted" to a ...spa? 

Things like painting, demo, landscaping, etc I get paid for.

I have a house with this problem and and the only solution that i know of is a landscape contractor regarding the outside and adding French drains. 

163 a month for landscaping and snow removal?  

We have several pictures demonstrating that the condition of the foliage is clearly encroaching the unit and is clear negligence on the tenant to maintain the landscaping which resulted in the unit overheating.Lease states that the tenant is responsible maintaining the yard.

Yes if I rented it out today, after PITI, HOA and landscaping I would have $700/month (which of course some I would need to put aside for future repairs and such).

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $59,106 Lovely 2 bedroom 2 bathroom SFR with over 1700 square feet of living space and 1 car attached garage in nice neighborhood on a beatutifully landscaped corner lot.