We also have attended conferences and workshops by several "gurus" to enhance our education.Having remodeled many of our own residences over the years, we were familiar with rehabbing. 

Master that and no matter what your logo looks like you will be a success and your logo will only serve to project and enhance that success. 

Would it make sense to lay thin pavers over the concrete to enhance the look of the property?

I really want to do bigger projects as I enhance my knowledge and experience in investing.

All of these software companies are tech companies that are constantly improving , enhancing etc. that means they will incur real costs and need to offset them in some way.

I will be renting out my house in Georgia and hopefully will find a good deal on a foreclosure (trying to save some money and put my minor handyman skills to use) when I get to the NCR.I am hoping to learn a lot and make some good connections with folks to enhance my abilities and knowledge on investment properties and how to utilize my continuous moving to my advantage. 

You just don't want to enhance the facility to the point where the owner could then wiggle out of the option.  

I wish you  luck with this one and hopefully the house will be enhanced by the modifications.

You want to define an operator that can provide you with scientific data to your questions, I am saying yes, precision data, a good sophisticate deported will always be measuring themselves with a series of widely accepted metrics to enhance the performance and opportunity to the investor.Finally, some people will post about the premium placed on these Turnkey assets, NO a good sophisticated operator, with good systems in place, with a positive track record will be able to extend their economies of scale to the investor, you should be able to acquire at or below market, obviously below market if possible.

After eating this retail division of property management, we now exclusively only manage Turnkey assets for investors, the purpose here is to eliminate these misc. pitfalls associated with scattered site unique homes, the quality is sometimes not their however, the owner may feel they have something spectacular, we take out the unique element now and apply a uniform system throughout the entire spectrum of Turnkey inventory this enhances performance and value.