Even something as simple as mowing lawns, removing leaves or shoveling snow will allow you to gain experience in working with people and learning what people expect when providing a service for them.

There are better driveways, but not in Michigan where you need that blacktop to help melt snow.

I would call when the snow melt away.

If you're that adamant about keeping the shed as long as possible, pick a warm-ish day and beat the snow.

Here in Kansas City it's actually been really dry (in spite of the winter snows) so a lot of the problems are from the soil drying out and shrinking from the foundation, removing the support from the sides and bottom.

The weather in Michigan would also factor in I'd guess, we get a little more snow than most places and the property is on a lake shore pretty much. 

Don't be a literal Snow Miser. 

If you have a flat roof in an environment which experiences lots of rain, boiler, chiller, snow, etc. it simply costs more to keep up.So, what we have in the end is that it may cost me $4300 per door to run my apartments, but it may cost you $6,000 per door to run a similar community.

And I agree with @Scott Trench , as long as we have mountains are snow, people will come, and they have to have somewhere to live!

What are the expenses for water/sewer bills, trash, landscaping, snow removal, regular maintenance, insurance, management, etc?