Snow removal and grass cutting

[Hal Cranmer]

Hi,

Does anyone have tips on getting snow shovelled and grass mowed at your rental properties without doing it yourself? I have tried to give discounts on rents to tenants and it becomes a management headache getting them to do a good job. I live in Minnesota and we get several blizzards a year. I am tired of checking to see if the tenants did it, yelling at them to get it done or clearing the snow myself. They also many times don't do a great job of cutting the lawn and break the lawn mowers a lot (although I do buy cheap lawn mowers off CL).

Do people get a service (seems expensive) or hire a college kid or something else? And yes I already know that a simpler solution would be to buy property where it doesn't snow, but it's a little late for that advice.

Thanks,
Hal

[George P.]

not sure why you are having a problem...

my lease states "tenants responsible for snow and grass". if they dont do it, they get a fine by the city.

no issues here at all. ever.