You did include lawn care, but, how about snow removal?

Landlords typically pay trash removal, water, landscaping, and snow removal.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

"Brand new replacement water heater expected to last no fewer than 10 years, $4000 & removal/disposal of old water heater, $1000" is clearly one-time.

If the problem is significant enough though, the board can deem the property uninhabitable and now the tenant is without a place to live.Snow Removal.

Make sure you have a realtor that can evaluate comps and make sure the numbers work for you.You can always refinance at a later time to remove the PMI, especially if you add value to the property and increase rents.Conventional multifamily will typically require 15-20% down and rates aren’t as competitive as FHA.

If you have a no smoking clause you have only two options either enforce it or remove it from your lease.

I do this in all my rentals...along with grids in the drain (so nothing big can go down), removing the disposals (in lower end units)

In other states, you are required to remove the lead paint.Talk to your City or State to see what the requirements are in Ohio. 

You just get a writ of possession and remove him.Of course, you can always choose to let the resident out of their lease.