We're in a rural, resort area so foot traffic is still a real source of leads for us, especially during the tourism season. 

Some of the differences with SFR that make them less valuable than otherwise similar comps are location on a busy street, smaller lot, bad condition, structural defects, higher tax area, different school zones, different deed restrictions, access to main roads, rush hour traffic, obsolete or unpopular architectural style, inferior finishes, time since remodeling, age of roof, flooring, and others too numerous to mention.To get the discount to fit your formula, you’d probably need to find a house needing significantly more than $15k of work.

Are traffic counts high on your side of the street?

You could get some relief now to maybe do those improvements that drive traffic and he could see some upside later.

Anyone with a digital presence of any kind—be they content creators, YouTubers, Instagrammers, website devs, bloggers, streamers, influencers, or whatever else—can directly sell their traffic to any business looking to advertise.

was their Legal Dept drafted an addendum which if we go on our own, we plan to incorporate into a new Lease, which Tenants already signed, at least acknowledging since they didn't notify us, they agree to limit number of kids (some of our neighbors are pissed off about the traffic, but we explained to them our hands are tied). 

I'm not sure how old you are but you must recall college life, particularly off campus living. just a few concerns:  furnished units have to be covered on your insurance which will effect your premium.you gotta be mindful of damages to the furniture in addition to the rest of the place. not everyone will havesticky fingers but be prepared for the occasional theft during transition at the student occupied units. the bedbug epidemic comes into play particular with the more traffic. again, its my coin. feel free to disagree.kudos,Mary

I recall at 23-24, getting off the train after my 1 hour and 40 minute commute had ended and watching middle aged adults sprinting to their cars to get home and beat the 2 minutes of traffic in the parking lot after commuting nearly 2 hours.

These days zillow gets something like 80% of the traffic for real estate!

It is not a job for your cousin's, wife's, nephew who handles traffic tickets.