There's other routes, like solarization (black tarp to kill everyrhing ) or to slowly kill the grass with RoundUp then mulch.

@Kirsten Mastro Nevada, Delaware & Texas offer the best asset & liability protection. 

You can learn a lot by listening to the podcasts (I might be biased but here's my favorite - I got interviewed in it - LOL).http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/10/bp-podcast-065-creative-investing-wendell-de-guzman/Also, you can learn a lot by following my weekly business update where I share with BP Nation what's going on with my real estate business.

Thanks to @Wendell De Guzman for the Analyzer which you can find here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/Mister4closure/file/wendells-simple-cashflow-analyzer

I've properties in Delaware County I'm getting between a 9 and 13% ROI.  

I just found out that in this situation the neighbors on both sides and the home in escrow have the right stipulated in the DE to landscape up against each others homes.

I am currently working as a property manager at a large apartment complex in Newark, Delaware.

Two years ago I took a leap and bought my first house, which I live in currently, in Magnolia, DE.

Also use a de-dupe function as well.

There's a group in Los Angeles that can provide 'tenant screening credit checks', but you give a FICO score as an input and they grade the tenant as A,B,C,D,E,F.You see zippo of the real data and only a broad-brush classification - - that's worthless IMO.