Thanks for the flowers, Mike, have enjoyed many of your posts as well, and unfortunately, it does appear that no matriarchal societies have indeed survived, although there is a theory about one in Greece that lasted for 1500 years, but alas, gone without a clue as to why.

@Mike Flowers I think I am on the same page with Mike Flowers.

Horse shoe pits, a curved flower garden path leading to a gazebo or secluded seating area, patio. stay away from any fire or water elements for liability reasons, just make it fun and enjoyable for the tenants.

I think doing the bottom half a Gray color and the siding white, with shutters that match the door (maybe a Navy blue) would look great.Trim the hedges up, do something around the sidewalk and maybe a flower bed on the left side and this property will look 100x better

Originally posted by @Mike Flowers :There is a lot of negative connotation on this site about wholesalers but, most of them are short sightedActually there are a lot of people on this site who like to warn of potential negatives that others just gloss over.

REI isn't all flowers and rainbows either. 

I looked today but could not find it.Mark Azevedo had a great suggestion in hunting around locally to wholesalers like myself they get the properties in after the AM has released it to them in a purchase, but they still need to resell it unless they "buy/hold".Another option would be to contact your local Real Estate Investment Clubs and Cash Flow Clubs to see if they have any listings to release to you.Susan Flowers had a great idea also about doing BPOs, but there are lots of web sites that will do that for around $8 to $13 per door.

I'm all for sending them flowers and champagne once we get our checks.And thank you, James, for letting us know so promptly!

(a new appliance, a couple new light fixtures, adding a flower bed, a new kitchen faucet, etc).

I don't want to buy them flowers for Valentine's day, or beg them to stay for years in exchange for late rent and letting them slide on a few things.