Nre kitchen cabinets, updated bathrooms, new doors and trim.

Updating bathrooms, floors, paint, kitchen What was the outcome?

I dropped Revere Pewter and have mostly used Light Pewter as a common color in the house with kitchens and bathrooms being something colorful, usually blue for kitchens and green for bathrooms.I use HD Behr Marquee which is around the middle of HD paints in quality.

So you might get a property at a slight discount to values in the next couple of years, but it might not "pencil" great on paper today.

We renovated the upstairs with included: new kitchen countertops and backsplash, adding a half bath and laundry room to the main floor, refinishing the hardwood floors, painting everything, refreshing the main and master bathrooms (paint, new fixtures, regrouting tub/shower surrounds).

fully remodeled inside including new bathroom and flooring through out Lessons learned?

I rented a house at 25% rent discount for 3 years, where besides paying all utilitites, lawn, snow and maintenance, the tenant also supplied all appliances including range, refrigerator, washer, dryer. 

Take a bathroom for example.

I've fallen way down on their rankings even with instant book, discounts, etc.  

I would for sure checkout the zip codes 45439 and 45409 based on my preliminary look if you want to be in the heart of the city but don't discount the suburbs especially if you are looking to invest in SFH.