I did whole house acrylic stucco re-coating.  

But it's amazing what a coat of paint will do to enliven a space.

A fresh coat of paint and some new landscaping might work wonders, whereas new windows could cost a bit more and not appear to be as big of an improvement to current or future tenants. 

Most landlords have skins a little thicker than that.Mike

The bottom line is Home Vestors has spent decades and tons of money and time growing that phrase in the public arena.They aren't going to let startups ride on their coat tails for free.I have seen some people spend thousands of dollars and waste years of their lives in court defending crap on principal.

Coverage was great on the first coat.

Lending and flipping earn ordinary income, so definitely a benefit to having an IRA coat over, just like using IRAs to hold securities that create tax events for us like REITs and MLPs. 

(and take the multiple coats to cover that Deep Purple out of their deposit!)

Now that we work together he likes the quality of Aura better (it lays flatter/smoother, the exterior is thicker) for the walls and I like to use a flat white exterior for the ceiling.

Sanding, caulking, primer and 2 coats isn't all that expensive for the doors.Changing hardware is fairly cheap too, they have all kinds of places online that offer reasonably priced nickel/oil-rubbed bronze hardware.Porcelain tile counter tops with a hardwood bull nose are very cheap install and easy to do yourself.