Can you PROVE that the landscaping increases rents of ability to rent? 

It will actually be more difficult for your agent to procure a buyer off market - so the work actually increases. 

Owner occupied loans have allowed us to purchase properties in markets with heavy appreciation, and potential for huge rent increases.

I can mark it up with a fee or by increasing the rate (or both, but I never do).

.- If interest rates remain high, this is further upward pressure on rents in the near-term, as the alternative to renting - buying a home with a mortgage, is expensive - this should increase demand for rentals. - Rents are also a function of supply - 2024 saw the most new construction of multifamily units in American history (nearly 575,000 estimated 2024 deliveries of new multifamily inventory), and 2025, while not a record setting year, will see deliveries top 500,000 again - a huge supply increase. 

They had caught some trespassers.We have continued to upgrade our security systems as capabilities have increased and costs have decreased.  

By accelerating your depreciation schedules, you reduce your taxable income which in turn increases your operating cash flow.

That profit will increase over time and improve your return. 

Whether we agree with these items or not, the following are inflationary government policies: stimulus, student debt relief, tariffs, increased child tax credits, limited immigration, and big government deficit spending.

In this era of increased rates, obtaining properties that will produce a good return are harder to find and often involve quite a bit of work.