I coach young athletes in my spare time, and giving these girls athletic as well as life skills brings me to a whole other level of joy!

I always have a spare key to my apartments.

Seems like she would need a grading/ excavation crew to do the dirt work and compact with fill properly.For the deck, I think a person who specializes in outdoor carpentry or perhaps even a finish carpenter?

In my spare time, I find myself listening to podcasts such as BiggerPockets and Landlording for Life Real Estate or surfing through this forums and trying to connect to as many individuals as possible (if you have more suggestions, would love to take you up on them). 

I'm married & house hacking but to get our expenses 100% paid for, we did also rent out the spare bedroom in our unit.

If you are at home and have the spare time ask the broker or even a team leader to intern even if it is a couple of hrs a day.

While i understand his dilemma, i don’t feel i can give him power over the spare room to rule over and kick people out whenever he wants.

But we still have not had our kitchen light bulbs replaced, months after the initial request, and we still have the window unit installed in our spare bedroom, which poses an insulation and safety problem (since to my understanding it was not secured for long-term use).

Either keep your budget under $1000, or grab some spare things from around your own home to throw in a few places.

I would say manage it on your own especially if you have spare time.