I-75 cuts a long diagonal across Troy, and just off it the city goes immediately quiet — subdivisions, big oaks, lawns running clean to the curb. My Michigan Landscaper LLC works that quieter half: mowing, trimming, edging and landscape upkeep in the warm months, plowing and clearing walks once the pavement freezes. This state does not do gentle transitions, and a property that isn't ready for the flip gets caught out about once a year. Being ready is the job — mower serviced by March, blade mounted before Thanksgiving, nothing left to chance in either direction. What the homeowner sees is simply a yard that keeps on looking right.