One of my main areas to work on is my ability to be assertive and push my contractor while still maintaining a positive relationship...

You can roll your investment from one QOF to another and still maintain compliance with the 10-year rule as long as you dispose of your entire interest in the QOF and roll it into another qualifying QOF within 180 days. 3.

The most recent lease I added: Tenant must maintain lawn and outside of property...including but not limited to.

Another perspective would be to apply the "Asspro rule of 2%" (© Costin 2018) - the cost of setting up and maintaining your asset protection should be less than 2% of equity you are trying to protect.

In one case the lawnmower broke (pull handle) with the first tenant and in another, they bought a push mower, that...get's the job done.I'm debating on whether I want to have yet another appliance to maintain by providing a lawnmower, but at the same time, I feel it is unreasonable to expect tenants to buy a lawnmower as renters. 

Hot water should be maintained at a target level of 120 degrees.

They usually want to keep it at a 90% rate, to maintain their portfolio.Credit Unions also behave similarly.

Landlord agrees to maintain structural condition of the firebox/chimney.Tenant agrees to promptly report to Landlord, in writing, any defects or problems that arise with the fireplace or its use.

In addition, Postllets even maintained a gallery of all your postings which essentially acted as a website where you could post all your inventory. 

Periodic things to maintain something in working order I put under maintenance - which at tax time is lumped together with cleaning.