Town puts in new sidewalks and curbs (substitute any municipal improvement) lien never recorded, never notified, survives foreclosure.4.

Just look at some of the homes on N 5th st where they put trees in on the sidewalk boxes.

This should work for a day or two, until they figure out what you are doing, then the cones get stolen or moved.A fake fire hydrant on the sidewalk might work too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?

They can rule that grass in front of property between sidewalk and street is to be maintained by city, not property owner.

The new restrictions bar residents and commercial water users from using drinkable water to hose off sidewalks and driveways, water lawns or gardens to the point of causing runoff, wash cars without a shutoff nozzle and using potable water in fountains.California drought: $500-a-day water fines passed

-Landscpaing work, parking lots, sidewalks you could do over 15 years using 150% declining balance (basically the amount per year would be 1.5x what straight-line would be)-Appliances, carpet, and similar items could be over 7 years using 200% declining balanceMy CPA firm works with alot of clients with rentals in a variety of different ownership structures.  

-Mow grass-Trim hedges-Shovel snow off sidewalk-Show vacant apartmentsDon’t: -Approve any vendor repairs without approval from owner-Represent yourself as an employee of the owner-Make any promises or representations to tenants or vendors without owner’s approval-Receive rent

Sidewalks?

An elderly visitor falls on a slight elevation on a sidewalk or walkway and breaks her hip.

My response was that I had always planned to include in their lease the shoveling of the sidewalk in front of the building after a snowfall.