You are essentially creating a curb to stop people from driving up to that area.

It has made a difference in curb appeal. 

When I was in this position, I did something that really helped curb both my fear of failure and helped me answer my questions – and I strongly recommend it, especially for a beginner.It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in June.

What I will do is GLADLY evict them as rapidly as the law will allow and I feel a LITTLE bit better when I throw their stuff out to the curb!

Also, the curb appeal is just plain ridiculous.

My plumber told me it might just be that the city wants the the curb side meters and so they won't hook it up until I put those in, but I thought they would have told me that the first time I had them out.

It will be more expensive.Spend the grand to clean it up, give it some curb appeal, and a fresh coat of paint.

Adding value can be simply cleaning up the property to improve curb appeal, or finishing a basement unit.

Start getting the curb appeal way up so people start talking about that cute (or clean, or sharp) place.Screen, screen, screen your tenants, require income to be 3x or 4x rent.  

But today, housing supply today is incredibly tightLink to Curbed article