May not look the best aesthetically for showings but probably the safest bet or install a pool cover.

Good suggestion on the private money angle, I really want the Seller to understand we need to be able to do solid underwriting to get this deal done.2) The park is in pretty rough aesthetic condition, the roads have not been reconditioned in many years and are ugly but there aren't any problematic potholes.

Between or within some markets that gain may be offset by the perceived aesthetics of solar.

The venue posters and decorations were aesthetically pleasing.4.

@Todd Whiddon  - Ingenious, but nothing will stop a punk with a big lock-cutter. 

If the location is as great as you say then the discount for the roof aesthetics may be trivial versus the cost of a patch job.

It usually consists of must do items that are hazardous/cause liability issues (must do), should do items (which make it easier to secure a tenant, and prevent angry calls later once a tenant is moved in) and would be nice to do items (aesthetic things, like changing a shower curtain rod that is a little rusty but not broken, or getting something minor repaired).Concerning the paint and items that needed repair - the owner was in an "I'm leaving, let someone else do it" mindset.

How is the aesthetic appeal?

Using the data from the sales of those 100,000 Chicago homes, and controlling for any number of variables---location, age and quality of the house, aesthetics, whether or not the property was an investment, and so on---it turns out that a real-estate agent keeps her own home on the market an average of ten days longer and sells it for an extra 3-plus percent, or $10,000 on a $300,000 house.

If you can get a few inches even, then you could stand there and actually utilize the corner and that would be your best and most aesthetically pleasing option.