. $166 monthly maintenance will barely cover lawn care, snow removal, basic repairs when a tenant moves out.

What is the legality in Colorado Springs, CO of asking a tenant to purchase lawn care equipment (lawn mower, weed trimmer, rakes etc) to care for the owner's lawn?

When I was 12 years old, I started a lawn care business in my neighborhood that I ended up keeping until I was out of college with a “real” full time job.

Additionally, the interest rate has been held down artificially low for too long as well.

A fenced dog walk/play area, but otherwise minimal lawns.  

I am going to visit the property shortly and try to get all expenses such as utilities, lawn/snow removal, pest control, advertising, heat, etc, and also find out actual property tax and insurance numbers (got the above numbers off the internet).

I own a lawn care business and a small web design business where I put the bulk of my "manual labor" while I have an absolute Godsend working for me who handles all our carpentry, repairs, etc.

My tenant is parking on the lawn! 

Also they said a scrap person took the lawn mower by mistake I have provided them so Im out a lawn mower to What should I do?

That said, in terms of the options you've mentioned so far,  I like (1) the best as long as this is in or near a suburb or city with reasonably small living spaces and where people can't simply chuck a shed in their yards or put their junk under a tarp on the front lawn.