If it were me, since its my screw up, Id suck it up and do the lawn myself.... until I got sick and tired of doing it, then hire service and chalk up the cost of learning...... then at next renewal or turn over, integrate the cost into the rentI dont like to provide tenants with "stuff"...... invariable it breaks or has issues and they want you to fix or replace it.... or it gets stolen...or disappears when they move out....... more hassle than its worth.....I prefer to hire out yard maintenance and factor that into the rent whenever possible..... you may get lucky and have a good tenant stay on top of it, but many don't....... the only ones I let tenants take care of are the ones with yards that are garbage already, so they cant really make it much worse

You do need to know enough about the scope of work in order to generate a rough range of cost, otherwise it is just “garbage in, garbage out”.For more accurate estimates on rehab or repair costs, definitely engage at least 2 or 3 contractors to bid the work.

I got on the phone and called Supra, the company that makes this garbage.

Make sure you throw out garbage properly and recycle , sanitation tickets are $100 a pop.

But then if I leave them, the new guest on Saturday arrives to find a full garbage bin.

The structural job market changes are the one that worried me the most, even company like Microsoft is actually having declines receivables.Main Street would see the impact later on if and if there is pivot.very sector specific. housing to a degree, manufacturing at inflection point, logistics in garbage. the top 7 of stocks is why s&p up, bottom 493 are flattish +/- up or down.

Including agents on here, some are a hot pile of garbage if not most.

There's going to be expenses, roughly 50% of the rent, (monthly small repairs, cap ex 10% of rent, property management if you use one, vacancy is typically 8% per year, garbage, sewage, and others).

Hey @Armando Mejia, as @Andrew Meyer explained, you will definitely want to run your calcs based on both units being fully rented to tenants (including vacancy factor).Along with your PITI, you will also want to include all owner-paid recurring expenses such as water/sewer/garbage, an average maintenance expense (lawn, snow, general repairs), and long-term capital expenditures (new roof, furnace, etc).Once you are happy with your approximate monthly/annual cash flow assuming both units are rented, it will be easy to compute what your required living expenses will be if you were to live in one of the units.Be aware that typically a 3-plex or 4-plex will allow you to live for cheaper and cheaper in comparison to a duplex.

For example: your smoking policy, pet policy, parking rules, who is responsible for garbage cans, overnight guests.