or "You know that we require mowing the lawn and shoveling snow, are you still interested?". 

I have plenty of information to back my defense the most important being the wording of Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant Law which mentions nowhere that I am responsible for shoveling snow off my roof nor does it say that I am responsible for the personal belongings of my tenants or their guests (the car). 

Firing vendors, getting cheated bc of tempers flaring and looking for cheapest way. 

Account Closed There is a school of thought supported by some case law regarding raw land and 1031 exchange that as long as it remains raw land it is much easier for you to establish your intent to hold it as is for investment - even if you do some preliminary exploratory planning such as entitlement/renderings etc.Once you turn a shovel you are now seen as creating something that is construed as inventory.

Thanks for your response @Kyle Gregg I actually went searching yesterday and saw a few properties that didn't have shoveled driveways from the snow we've been getting here.

What's the average or approximate time to budget from the day you submit the first permit request until you can stick a shovel in the ground?  

I worked summers throwing hay on freshly graded lots, shoveling dirt off of the curbs, and anything else they told me to do. 

Just need to make sure my dad doesn't overdo the shovelling at his advancing age ;-).

For example, the city where I invest might post a warning about the lawn not being cared for, sidewalks not shoveled, trash pick up not handled properly.

One thing we have done is mow the lawn even though we don't shovel snow.