I met a guy at one of my newly purchased places and while I had met his boss at the City Hall (not Chicago, but a Burb), this guy actually went from vacant house to vacant house to remove sticks from the lawn and make it look decent.

We all know that long list of operating expenses that are incurred infrequently "Reserve Expenses": evictions, roofs, repairs, vacancy, advertising, lawn, rental registry, etc...

With lawn sprinklers, a Feb-Nov water/sewer/trash bill of $1200 would be quite reasonable here in Denver.

Have to mow the lawn, no mower included, no utilities included, Parents have to cosign, etc.

I used to send a "30" day letter, spelling out what they had to do; "broom clean" (100) no stains on carpet (50 per), lawn mowed within 2 days of vacating (50), oven (50), tubs (25), sinks and tile floors "sparking", no dog poop in yard (5/pile), all light bulbs working (10), all light fixtures clean (10), windows "sparkling", no cobwebs, etc.

It is of course an unstable point but it gives an artificial point of view to many who should know better.Rent demand is going up and as landlords can, they will raise rents to maximize their profits given the rising demand.

They have been held down artificially for a long time.

My brain always seems to go to places that tend to be frightening when it comes to artificial intelligence, though.While I could imagine all the amazing positive possibilities of this technology (think Watson as a replacement for Google or as a means to organize and understand massive quantities of data that we currently can't do), my mind always goes the direction of T2, AI, and all the other sci-fi films . . .Of course, many of the sci-fi technologies from our past are now part of our lives.....So, I wanted to ask everyone about their thoughts.

I would set one up within 2-3 years though once I find a good attorney.6) Would the PM handle lawn maintenance in their 10% cut?

He, the hubby, also runs a landscape/lawn service and was able to build upon that business by incorporating the dump truck to haul gravel, mulch etc.