If you see you are purchasing a lot of junk food, you could then start cutting some if not all of it out.

They look best when you cut them back in the late winter/early spring before spring growth but I think they do ok without.

Streets that have long term neighbors, cut grass, nicely landscaping, kids playing in the streets, etc.. 

A good contractor openly welcomes constructive criticism because it is a fuel for improvement.

@Brian PloszayThe attractiveness of natural gas over electricity is location dependant - there are places where it is not significantly cheaper.Regardless of the fuel source for you heat, your best bang-for-efficiency-buck comes from air sealing and insulating the building envelope.

The grass looks as though it had not been cut in a minute and the foliage is getting out of hand.

So, yeah - the competition will be tough, maybe cut-throat even.My $0.02 ...

Take a cut of the profit and let them close on the deal and do the rehab.

I don't know no one wants to cut anything they want to find a source for more money.

You'll notice a lot of the BP who are super successful,have tons of $$ and tons of properties, most I've observed are cut and dry-- what's on the lease, and what's your state law on it?