Unexpected Responsibility: What I Didn't Know About My New Rental

It's a beautiful day and you're headed out the door to work. You recently rented a house in a great area. It's been about a month and things have been going really well. But as you approach your car one of your neighbors walks by waves hello and makes a comment about the overgrown grass in the yard. You wave back and make a mental note to contact the landlord about that. When you reach out to the landlord the next day they politely remind you that mowing the grass is your responsibility as stated in the lease. Thinking back on it you were so excited about the house that you didn't even read all of the lease. And now you wonder if you even kept a copy of it.