Tenant shall pay for all loss, cost, or damage (including plumbing trouble)caused by the willful or irresponsible conduct of Tenant or by a person under Tenant’s direction or control."

They don't like to do repairs or finish things so it should be truly move-in ready.The 55 plus market is also seasonal, yes properties turnover all year but a bulk of them will be in the first quarter in Mesa.In summary, know your market, control your costs, and hopefully, have a unit ready in January in a perfect world.

My self storage business seems to meet most of the requirements for being excluded from my total assets - the business/real property is owned by a family-controlled pass-through LLC, has employees but fewer than 100, provides services in connection with its real estate holdings, and keeps separate bank accounts in the business name. 

Would I need to require my tenants to connect the timer to their WiFi so I can control the watering from my phone when I move?

I feel like I don't have much control over this situation.

You can take control of ownership by quit claim, warranty deed, assignment of bene interests, purchase of an LLC, option, and perhaps a few other ways, and there's different costs with all.

However, per the lease agreement, pest control is actually the tenant’s responsibility.

That wind is influenced by future events you have no control over. 

And one of the ways to control your spending is to just make it hard to spend money.

Consider the impact of this on your relationship with the person who controls your valuable asset more than you do.2.