If you are scrubbing toilets and mowing lawns, you got yourself a $15 per hour job.

NOTE: I should also mention my tenant owns a lawn and pest control company.

We are going to cover the lawn care in the next lease to make sure the yards will be taken care in the way we want.

I also received a copy of the lease which seemed very basic but had the terms, security deposit, rent, and states tenant is responsible for utilities, Lawn care/snow removal.

Next time he's late with rent, tell him he is clearly having problems with rent and it would be better if he found a place that is less expensive.For the 5 foot weeds, if tenants are to do the mowing and aren't; increase the rent $50* a month and have a lawn company do it regularly

I'm down in Oak Lawn, with the aims of getting back to the city and renting this house out.

Also known on the inside by all the commercial brokers who are just waiting to unload marginal properties on new guys and of no interest to major players.Also you will get killed if you try to do any of this remote.In my case I am delighted with my duplex portfolio and and now gearing up my "handy" lawn guy to be legs on the ground as I think of my next move - which will be to blow past the small marginals MF's into something boutique, but bigger ... very hard to do.Good luck.

The lawn is 3 feet tall and there is enough trash that I will need a small dumpster for this one.

Seeded, turf, or artificial?

Students are horrible at lawn care and don't want to do it--no lawns with a condo!