Furthermore, it's my understanding that water is one of the utilities that can place a lien on your property even if the tenant is responsible.)Snow & Lawn: $500/year ($100 per storm). 

Repairs may even be higher since the house is going to see a lot more wear and tear than normal.You include water/sewer, but what about electric, gas, internet/cable, lawn care, and snow removal?

Lawn care, for their unit, should be specified in the lease.

Think of all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

I run a small machine shop, lawn care business, and last fall I got my real estate license and work under Keller Williams.

The tenant has been in the home since January and she recently reached out to me with some lawn issues that need my attention .

and pardon my ignorance but if i am managing my own property (looking for tenants, maintaining the lawn, etc.) inst that an actual business?

Where do you even put the lawn mower and snow blower?

Your debt service(mortgage), taxes, insurance, maintenance (cutting lawn,marketing,legal,etc) management cost... etc are $1000 but you rent it for $800, you have to pay the $200 difference out of pocket each month. 99% of the time this means you bought a bad investment.

I stop to talk and he stated that he was not the hoeowner but a neighbor taking care of the lawn.