Would you redo this lawn?

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The front yard looks okay--it's got actual grass, a small palm tree, and a small mulched area abutting the house, surrounded by a stone border. But as you can see from the photos, the backyard is mostly some kind of weeds, with some bare patches. Is this a huge turnoff for tenants? I know very little about maintaining lawns, and I don't know if it's worth spending the extra money to have this lawn redone.

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The majority of tenants won't take care of landscaping.

If that were mine, and in Florida, I'd put in some burmuda grass plugs. Then I'd have to water it every day, while waiting to find a qualifying tenant (unless you are getting some rain this time of year).

To get the plugs, you just buy one sheet of sod and cut it into chunks and plant the chunks around the yard.

It is easier to rent a place with a lawn. Then, the tenants won't water that lawn that they just had to have. If you can get burmuda established, they can't kill it. It just goes dormant, and you water it while the house is vacant, and it will green up and look good for the next tenant.... for a couple of weeks after they move in.