@Marisa RoweRemove washer and dryers out of properties that require the landlord to pay for water Update all electrical lighting to LED Appeal tax increases / assessments Require tenants to mow / shovel snow

TX, FL are the hot markets for appreciation.  

Now on this particular day it had just snowed outside and someone had been over to shovel the snow.

Based on that, decide which way to go.To get you started, some of the pros of SFR's:  the tenant is paying all utilities and responsible for routine maintenance, like cutting grass and shoveling snow; broader market for your exit - SFR's can be sold to other investors or owner occupants; additional exit strategies, for example, lease option. 

Get your tenants to take care of trash and snow, so you aren't driving down just to shovel. 

You will literally be shoveling sewage to run a treatment plant.

If it was up north and they were told they were responsible for snow removal would it be expected that you draw them a map of where they have to shovel and include every basement window, vent, oil tank access point, etc?

My (our) contractor does the shoveling and she admits that he did a great job. 

I have never scraped heat off the windshield or shoveled it in 20 years!

Bring on equity investors to secure the dirt and front the costs associated with getting phase 1 shovel ready. 1a (depending on experience and local lending environment) Deploy additional equity capital to do the horizontal (roads, sewage, sitework) 2.