Thanks Rob, that's a good start.What kind of arrangements are made between owners/managers?

We would pay the crew and materials and our business arrangement was 50/50. 

I think your father is referring to a "subject to" arrangement.

That means me communicating with the tenant to arrange a time to do while they're home.

Can they plant flowers/trees or bushes? 

Although you could do what is called a Tenant-In-Common (TIC) arrangement where an investor has 1031 exchange funds and wants to parlay that money into a syndication.

If it's a month or two, just arrange for the contracted close date to come in at a year and a day and pocket the extra 2.5K.The real savings would be to stick around the house for another year - if you live in the property 2 of the last 5 years, you can avoid paying all taxes on the profit of the sale up to 500K for a married couple, 250K for a single person.Anyone else care to chime in, correct, etc?

Clean leaves and debris from the flower beds and grass.

Currently meeting in Flower Mound about 1x/month.

He'll arrange necessary inspections etc.