Maybe some of you don’t remember the last big recession late 2000’s.  Now

My trip to Montana next week is facing the same thing I had to rent a little house there and of course would you not know it but snow in the forecast and so being on the lake is going to be freezing $ss .

The condo doesn't have an elevator, but the other amenities are listed below:Amenities included: Common Grounds, Fitness Center, Gated, Reserved/Assigned ParkingServices included: Common Area Maintenance, Maintenance Structure, Insurance, Management, Pool(s), Recreation Facility, Reserve Funds, Snow Removal, Trash, Water, High Speed InternetThanks in advance for any advice!

@Henry Clark mentioned snow balling too, can either of you elaborate?

2x gutter cleaning, lawn/snow maintenance, etc?

While you're out in the field make notes of properties you like that aren't being maintained - look for high grass and weeds, broken windows or unshoveled snow in the winter.

And with that much incessant demand coming down the pike every day, there'd be plenty of lousier options mixed in with those secondaries.

A private driveway doesn't have to meet those standards, but also doesn't get public snow removal or public repair. 

Lawn care/snow removal

Your gang of thieves (and it would take a gang) might have better odds  of success knocking off armored cars at high noon or kidnapping wealthy children for ransom (a crime with a near-zero success rate in the developed world today).Get the case number, contact the USPIS independently, see if this rent heist story isn't really a snow job.