Can't comment on the location or the aesthetics.

This will serve as an incentive to him to help you in any way possible to find a qualified tenant such as:- allowing you to show the place multiple times when you have a good prospect AND keep it neat and tidy so it is aesthetically appealing.

You will still gain appreciation in Streamwood and if you price the rental amount of the home within what the area can sustain and spend a few extra bucks to make the home aesthetically appealing and have the most up to date fixtures and finishes, you will rent with better cash flow than Schaumburg and with the same market times.  

I do however recognize that it's easy to say "replace the 3 tiles" with no idea as to what condition the place is in (or any of the other aesthetics).

In Canada for example, CMHC published a report in 2017 that identified that 49% of all rental housing is owned by individual investors (non-corporate) and no doubt a good chunk of the corporate investors are also individuals who have set up corporations for liability management.Consumer grade IoT devices are generally good enough and cheap enough to use and can actually improve your net operating income (NOI), comfort and property aesthetics.

To be involved in any aspect of a project that has to do with aesthetic would be such a thrill!

I had a structural engineer ($550) perform an assessment and they found no structural issues or problems due to subsidence.Ordered a new appraisal armed with the structural engineer report...appraiser did estimate the property this time in "as repaired" condition (without any other monetary downgrades), but did not remove the mine subsidence 20% penalty...fail #2.The reason this is a big deal is because the duplex needs some aesthetic improvements and we're adding a 3rd BR on each side to increase the rent potential/equity value. 

I need a guy with ideas, resourceful, with sense of aesthetics and that can suggest innovative ideas ... a hands-on guy that will be proud of final project.

Construction will either make or break you from both an aesthetic and budgetary standpoint, so it's important to get this right.

We also setup some flowers within each bathroom for aesthetic looks.