I do hate HOAs but also like the idea of not dealing with the little things (mowing the grass, snow shoveling, etc.).

In my properties, the tenants are responsible for maintaining the lawn and shoveling the snow.  

Last year I spent about $500 for one driveway, no shoveling of entries or oil delivery locations.

Expenses were low, tenants paid utilities, mowed the lawn, shoveled the snow and stayed for 5 years, meaning no repainting, etc. and no vacancy.I decided to sell, because it was away from other rentals that I owned and managed. 

---Well, the recurring theme from BP seems to be "participate," So I did.I started in real estate when I was perhaps 10 helping my parents out with weeding, snow-shoveling, and even some eviction cleanups. 

I am not a plumber and can do it in one day with a shovel most likely.

They can take care of mowing the lawn and shoveling snow in the winter. 

., if one side of your duplex goes vacant you have to shovel money into the furnace to keep your property.

While you are rehabbing there's a big snowfall and none of the workers shovels the sidewalk.

Don’t you have your success and money to shovel?