Imagine you are the potential tenant. You are looking for a home to rent. You turn down a street that would be a convenient and desirable location for you to move to. You see two houses on the same block with “FOR RENT” signs showing. The first home has an overgrown lawn, the bushes are unkempt and the trash cans have blown over in the wind. On the second home the lawn is trimmed, the bushes have been clipped and there are even a few flowers in the bed out front. Which home do you call to look at first?
Aside from the few obvious lawn care and foliage needs, there are some inexpensive and small things to do that can make all the difference when someone sees your property for the first time.
- Clean up any trash lying around. This includes broken lawn furniture, toys, trash and broken trash receptacles. Replace these if needed. If there is a fence, place them around the corner out-of-site or the wind’s path.
- Pull or spray weeds if they are over-powering the landscape or flower beds.
- Sweep the front stoop or blow the sidewalk and driveway free of fallen debris.
- How are the screens and windows? Can they be tightened or cleaned?
- Is the driveway stained or the siding moldy? If yes, pull out that pressure washer!
- Lastly, consider adding some flowers, a little mulch, a colorful lawn flag or a welcome mat.
Take before and after pics if you think it won’t look that much better because you’ll be surprised at how a little work and some small splash of color can make your home the one that gets called first.
Hassle-Free Landlord 
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