Snow removal?

This guy wants to hold the lot until spring so he can get a construction loan once all the snow has melted.

Big piles of snow will limit how many people want to come out and check out the property and the holidays are notoriously slower than the summer months since buyers' minds are preoccupied.

All yard maintenance is included in HOA to include shrubbery / tree trimming, snow removal, mulching etc.It's a 4 Bed, 3 Bath unit, no garage just a parking slab (common for area), built in 2007, fully furnished, ask in $269.9K.  

Wouldn't they all be under snow right now and frozen?

Is snow removal an issue?

Despite the occasional news reports of snow and blizzards the weather is generally great here.

The other reason I like this is that snow removal is a very unpredictable expense.

The experience here says: 50% of the rent of your 2% house will go to operating expenses(owner paid utilities, taxes, property manager, vacancy, tenant screening, property turnover(painting, cleaning), lawn care, snow removal, etc...), leaving the other half for profit + mortgage payment.

I've had a lot of real estate experience over the years; general contractor, home inspector, rehabbing properties as a kid growing up, real estate agent in the late 80's and early 90's. Now