Do Hard Money brushed me off because I questioned their $2500 up front fee.

@Nathan Gesner To your point about $10,000 houses and appreciation, averages paint with broad brushes.

(Works better than expensive Scrub brushes.3.

.- Yes to paint, easily the best ROI- I'm not a fan of door knobs and cabinet hardware- Making light fixtures uniform in color/style, so don't mix brushed nickel and bronze.

@Bruce Woodruff at this point , brushing against total failure, evicting all my cash paying tenants that are not willing to pay the section 8 price (two units) well they are leaving on their on except one.

If you're planning on wholesaling (which is a good place to start if you have lots of time but less money), you'll want to start brushing up on SDIRA's, also. 

What you get when you let a tenant paint is roller-marks of the wall color on the ceiling, drips and runs, patchy covering, spilled paint, silly accent walls/ too many colors, uneven lines on edges and in corners, splatters, blistering, bubbling, peeling, the wrong sheen, visible brush marks and roller strokes, trim painted the same color as the walls, electrical outlets and switches and even light fixtures, vents, cold air returns, fart fans etc. all painted when they shouldn’t be, not enough coats where paint actually should be, and terrible color choices (almost always too dark or too weird).

I think REITs that specialize in non-CBD office are being tarnished w same brush so good deals to be had at good values.

Way more profitable without the brush. 

Rattle can paint before hanging means no tape or plastic, or brush marks.