Hello, I have a townhouse as a rental property and I pay the HOA which includes water, snow, and landscaping, and tenants pay their monthly rental plus electricity and gas.My HOA has a program called TAP(Tenant Administration Program), and they collect $100/year.

@Ben M.Have the landscaper send you pictures every time they mow.

@Rajan SainiFrom the beginning if time is a factor; hire a bookkeeper, hire landscapers, find good handyman and find a good virtual assistant for tasks that can be completed online like posting apartments for rent.

Next on the list is exterior paint, wood repair, new roof due to a hail storm... and landscaping.

Are you relocating to Coffeyville Kansas to work on a capital expansion project at CVR Energy? 

I am sure you could fill this with caulk, but this might also prevent the desired movement of the siding that is supposed to allow for thermal expansion and contraction. 

Up until a few years ago, I worked different construction-type jobs from landscaping to building scaffold for commercial sites, so I still have a lot of good connections in that world, like a friend who is a lead at a painting company, one who does framing, a couple guys at "1-800-Got-Junk?" 

The existing facility is 25,000 sf and expansion (full potential) is 36,000 sf.Here are my options:- Begin construction right away after closing for the whole project - 36,000 sf (based on population there should be demand but no one knows for sure).

Although my personal experience with owning a few rentals there has been overwhelmingly positive mind are in Summerlin in very nice neighborhoods and with tax's so low and quality A class tenants no real maintenance other than normal things that might wear out but when you take stucco  tile roof and desert landscape along with some of hte lowest property tax's in the country the COC is right were we like it for conservative SAFE risk reduced rental investing.. 

There are long term leases that are dozens of pages long for long term housing that cover every item imaginable such as who is responsible for clogged drains, broken appliances, landscaping maintenance, etc. none of which  are likely to be in a short term lease.