For tenants that want to early terminate, we offer 2 options: one month rent + deposit, assuming there's no damages, and they walk scot-free, or they stay current on the rent, utilities and lawn care, and we will try to re-rent as quickly as possible once they vacate.

If you have an early termination setup most decent people will take that - we do one month plus the deposit if there's no damages, and they walk without taking care of utilities, lawn care, etc. or we can re-rent and they can be held responsible for costs until re-rented.

They used black poly and re seeded the lawn.

I like the lower maintenance aspect of a condo and although I can task a tenant with things like pool and lawn care, I don’t really trust the tenant to do it.

In your expense estimate be sure to include property management (even if you self manage), maintenance/repairs, vacancy, utilities, lawn/snow care, insurance, taxes.

He didn't notify us until it was all dead and didn't make any effort to fix pet or lawn damage.

I’m renting a house that has professional lawn care services set up by the landlord.

I guess I've been hoping for some kind of dip but with the amount of artificial stimulus flooding the economy, it may not happen for a while.

I would invest in a lawnmower and have in the lease that the tenant is responsible for maintaining the lawn.

I also have bait stations in the lawn every ten feet around the whole perimeter and it’s monitored every 6 months.