Not sure if she's ever started a lawn mower or shoveled a sidewalk, and not sure her dad will drive 45 minutes to do so.House really seems better suited to the couple, but have an inkling to single woman might be a bit more chill with maintenance stuff has a history of living in some pretty rugged places.

i cover pest control and lawn care on my stuff. keeps down on issues and i know the place looks good. for my student rentals i also build in a quarterly cleaning fee where my cleaning lady comes through and does a deep clean. extra eyes on stuff and parents happily pay it to ensure their kids have a solid spot. pass through cost for me and well worth it. 

There is nowhere to park except on the lawns and the neighbors call Code Enforcement.

Your $600 should be over $1200 a month if you split up that $500K over (2) properties (Outside of California) you could double up on your NOI.The age old question is out of state management - my reply is if its turn key or renovated it will need very little management other than lawn and once in a blue moon repair.

I looked at the property (which was vacant) on 10/3 and there is a shed which contained a lawn mower, bicycles and lawn chairs. 

A state of artificial scarcity must be created through the use of a budget to hold that gap steady or make it wider.

do some odd jobs--plenty of contractors are looking for help...start a lawn care business (extremely popular right now), work for a company that's involved with real estate such as a property manager, title company or hard money company (F-Street is often hiring) or a real estate investment company? 

You can switch to a lawn service and the major issue will be they have to move their stuff when the lawn guy comes.  

If you sit vacant for one month, that's a loss of $2800 (mortgage, utilities, lawn mowing, etc.) and it would take 35 months of $80 cash flow to earn it back.

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.