He has been in this unit for 3 years and his parents are next door (have been there for 7 years)  They have gardens planted out back and they have no desire to move, I would like to keep them but I can't keep paying $169 to fix the sink drains.  

Add a garden bed with mulch and some colored flowers.

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has stated that one of the amenities she wants in a home is the ability to run her own garden. 

Prior to re-launch I would: sod, plant a couple of trees from Home Depot (very much needed to breakup the monotony of the picture), buy some bricks and dirt from home depot and put a little green plant garden in front of the part that juts out on the right side of the picture, get a couple of flower pots from home depot with flowers for both side of the front door to add some color. 

@Brian Maida, selling costs in a garden variety transaction usually run between 6-10%. 

I'm coming up with a monthly gardener expense of $30 and a (TBD) expense for snow removal.

@Meryl McElwain This may be a silly question but when looking at 2-4 unit building with a basement/garden unit that is not legally zoned as an additional unit here in Chicago, can permits be pulled for the renovation work on that basement?

I lost my job, my dog was hit by a car last week and my wife left me for the gardener.

They're also going to begin allowing agritourism (meaning someone could have organic garden, vineyard in conjunction with some type of VR or B&B with roadside stand, or  ?