Yard & garden work on my first RE investment - advice?

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Hello!

My first RE investment property is a 3-1 SF in a B- to C-grade Cleveland area. I am trying to rehab the house and then planning to rent it out.

I would be grateful for any advice with respect to yard work! Asked the BP community for advise on the bathroom before and it was super helpful, so hoping I could get some good input for the garden as well!

Sharing images (extracted from my RE's video tour) of the yard, garden and porch attached. As a newbie, it's very tough for me to get a feeling for what amount of work I should invest in for the yard and where to draw the line. Also, would you recommend to hire this work out to professionals or to a handyman? We are talking about a ~100k property that I am hoping to rent out for ~1200$.

I appreciate any thoughts and advise! Thank you BP community!

Bob S. · Answer

Its a c area, you are not to do anything significant in the yard, put down seed and call it a day.. I have done 1ks if reno/repairs there and am aware of exactly what should be done. Why is your PM not taking care of this ?

Carlton B. · Answer

Only thing you should do is treat the wood other wise in a few years you will be replacing. All rentals should be tidy less thing to trip over or for pets/kids to get into. Clean and neat not fancy. I would clear everything out and plant grass, sod is quick but seed will work.

Hamp Lee III · Answer

Choose a landscape that is low maintenance. Expect tenants NOT to care for the yard.

Bob S. · Answer

Whos is doing your reno? Please do not tell me you are just hiring someone you found on Google.

Yes of course stain it, YOU REALLY need to get a team, this will not end well if you dont,

Shane Kelly · Answer

All I would really advise here is to make it easy for the next tenant to get settled into it. With a complicated state like it is in, the tenants would not get much use of it, which would kinda defeat the purpose of having a yard in the first place.

Sylvia Schumacher · Answer

Great thanks for your advice @Bob Stevens! I don't have a PM company yet but planning to hire one once the renovation is ready.

Maybe smaller follow-up here: You also would leave the porch as is or would you stain it/ do anything else?

Yard & garden work on my first RE investment - advice?

Yard & garden work on my first RE investment - advice?

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