But Toledo’s best days go beyond the aesthetics downtown and there are already discussions on what might be the next neighborhood.  

In this step, you’ll renovate the property to make structural, safety and aesthetic improvements, and prepare it for renters.Rent out the property: Determine the rental price and find people to rent the home.Do a cash-out refinance on the property: With a cash-out refinance, you convert your equity into cash.

I am assuming that the purpose of the beam was to distribute load but there are typically 2 reasons to add a beam 1) aesthetics in which case it is tough to do major wrong and not costly 2) to distribute load (easy to do wrong and more costly).If my assumptions are correct about the beam is to distribute load, pay to get it done correctly. 

Around soffit and trim it's okay, but nothing is nastier looking than a big faded wall of vinyl siding.It's pretty amazing what a fresh paint job can do for aesthetics.

Specifically, 5-10 ac tracts, not lots, and improving them aesthetically, put in an all weather road to the primo home site, bring water to the homesite, power to the home site, etc.

Accessible design and universal design can be made quite appealing aesthetically.

As far as a permanent fix, I guess it all depends on your standards for aesthetics vs cost. on the cheaper end of the spectrum would be getting a piece of hardboard and cutting it to size, installing it, and painting over it. otherwise as you mentioned maybe some vinyl or wood. 

Make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible (clean it up, paint etc) and then sell it as a value add project for someone else.

This option seems labor intensive and if you are concerned about the aesthetics of your "community laundry" this option is probably not for you.2.

It may be a high quality car but the visual aesthetics may simply not be as appealing to some.