Tenants responsibility for lawn care

[Jonathan Perez]

So the first time I met my tenant a few weeks back she had asked me about the lawn care and said that the previous owner was taking care of it all. I told her I would get back to her on that. So I checked and in the lease it clearly says that the tenant is responsible for keeping up with the lawn care. How do I go about telling her? Should I send a letter or verbally tell her when I see her? Knock on the door? I feel like I should just send a friendly reminder-like letter saying that the lawn care is their responsibility, as well as picking up the cigarette butts as I posted about earlier. Also, I thought about, since I cut my side of the duplex, I can just go ahead and cut her side and charge her for my labor. What do y'all think about that?

[Nathan Gesner]

Whenever you are buying a property with existing tenants, I highly recommend you review the lease with the Seller and then with the Tenant to ensure you understand what is in place.

I then recommend you provide the tenant a short document to introduce yourself as the new owner. It should include a statement that you will abide by the written agreement and not verbal agreements.

If I lived on the property, I would mow the entire lawn as a service to the tenant and as a means of keeping the property nice. With future tenants, I would get an agreement in writing.