Real estate is very diverse and you will be best served working with someone who is doing what you would like to do.You should be able to get most, if not all, of your questions answered right here on BP.

The maintenance fee generally only covers routine maintenance like landscaping, garbage pickup, usually water.

Over the last 20 years I've been raising my 5 daughters, home schooling mostly, so we could explore the artistic and intellectual landscape without the rigidity of public school.  

Not all places require a landscaper or a tree surgeon to have a city or county license.

A little landscaping would be nice too.

I also suggest considering other uses of the property, such as whether you're going to landscape, put in a garden, etc.

Yes, I know there's argument that Houston is economically diverse in not only oil & gas, but medical, etc...

The market down here in Galveston can definitely be fun and extremely diverse.

All that said, I have not found a good way to put lawn care and landscaping on autopilot so it's looking good if the tenant won't do it (most won't).

maybe this is one of those "duh, everyone knows that" things, but just in case, i'll share what i discovered today.i couldn't find my black marker to put my number on my for rent sign. so i decided to print my number on paper then cut and glue it into the white field of the sign.during this, i noticed something:FOR RENT and FOR SALE BY OWNER signs you can get at walmart for 67 cents are the same width as regular printer paper and just a bit longer.so, i typed my phone number into Word, set the landscape mode in 90 point font (then using 10 point font, adding some enters until the text was at the bottom of the page, left aligned. printed a sample on paper to make sure it lined up with where it would fit on the sign - perfect!