Potholes & snow man.

Only open Apr-Dec, i guess winter is too much snow and no one goes outside.

@Horace Lewis First off you are missing expense items; garbage, insurance, lawn and snow, water and sewer.

Amazing how a dresser that was worth $250 at auction in the 1980’s now has no value at all.

If you wanted to rent it for 3-6 months at a time, you may have to try to time that with the season as non "snow bird" times of year see more 3-7 night stays. 

Now on this particular day it had just snowed outside and someone had been over to shovel the snow.

I’ve heard there is a thing called snow there.

Sidewalks are a huge one especially...the city/town/village owns the sidewalk if you need to block it for some reason (you need a permit), but come time to replace it, remove snow, etc. it belongs to the property owner.

I feel like this should be prefaced  with the fact that I understand the nuisances cranes/construction cause via traffic and everything else (I, too, live in UTC).That said, I think those who incessantly complain about the issue and seek legislative change to stop it are almost always some combination of selfish, shortsighted, and/or stupid.Typically speaking, you should not mind cranes or construction in areas where you invest for a few reasons - I’m not sure that environmental variation is among the most important/obvious.What is obvious, though, is the fact that cranes/construction are pretty good evidence that you’ve placed yourself in the path of progress.

I know many investors that do great with SFRs.One huge benefit is that you can offload ALL expenses, like lawn care, snow removal, and all utilities.