The Summary page was reserved for 4-5 major issues like damaged trusses, anything leaking, undersized electrical panel, water under the house, etc....y'know, big and important stuff.So this joker has 5 pages of summary items...everything from loose doorknobs to a loose tile.

If the tenant doesn't pay, we don't get paid long term and it's a loose/loose/loose for all.

We have a "side yard" exposed to the street that is about 1500 sq/ft and not being utilized (currently there is a large mulberry tree that would need to be removed).

Essentially the goal is to jump start the equity game, and reduce or remove my living expense.

@Christie Gahan it’s impossible to fact check what you did or didn’t t say when you remove your post!

Quote from @Simon Ashbaugh: Hey Audrey. it is common for the landlord to pay for water and sewer bills in many areas of Cleveland while snow removal is typically not covered.

The problem with that is two-fold: first there are likely existing assets that are not replaced that qualify for shorter asset lives so you're leaving money on the table, and second you have no cost basis for the removed assets replaced in the remodel as they're intertwined with the initial building cost basis so you'd technically still be depreciating retired assets which is tax fraud. 

Tenants are already required to perform snow removal the other 6 months of the year as per the lease agreement.

We recommend removing mechanicals until tenant MoveIn.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.