When I was initially approached about buying the 3 units, during our first year of ownership, I was buried with work from renovations and tenant problems, and couldn't imagine taking on more.

If everything else checks out, I can't imagine why a landlord would not take this deal

You also state that she never notified you, well, I can't imagine any State would require her to notify you of anything related to this; even if you had it in your lease.First, you don't even know if she's paying her friend; which means no business is occurring.

honestly I can't imagine being able to see a missle that far away...

I imagine the lease would have to explicitly say something like "the Landlord will provide professional lawn maintenance service, costing between $X and $Y per month, and the full amount is to be back-billed to the tenant.

This is not a project I would recommend for a first time.....actually no way I would even want to tackleFortunately, I imagine your HML will kill the deal by not funding the project

I can't imagine a dog causing $3000 worth of damage without you knowing about it...  

congrats alex,I have a short blog post on the classics of landlord literature (your next venture!).... 

I can't get enough of it.I am quite new to investing (about two months now) but I have learned more in that time than I ever imagined.

Right now Tampa is looking like a really good area as it is becoming somewhat of a startup hub , so I imagine, good opportunities and Port St.