Also staging/decoration goes a long way.

Here are the few that I know of:  Lumber Liquidators in Albany.Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland.Sincere Home Décor in Oakland.

Would you hire your contractor to decorate your home?  

My hobbies are hula hooping, gardening, walking my dog on the beach, beach worshiping, dancing, home decor, and volunteering to name a few. 

I've seen decorative, fake, ridge beams extended from the exterior under a gable(s) of the roof, as if the ridge of the roof was supported by a beam with a unique cut in the ends, not large, just noticeable.  

It is often used in interior decoration.

I first gained a love for Interior decorating which led me to get down and dirty by renovating my own home.

Hopefully they are keeping the place clean anyways :) So far, they have been compliant, and even went as far as to take down decorations etc. for the owner.

@Kevin Martin: I think if you add a few decorative columns, that might help a little.

The key for me will be finding:a) Sellers who need to dump a property that needs lipstick, but is fundamentally solidb) someone to carry the short-term loan with very low down payment (sub-20%, non-owner, first mortgage, likely with a higher interest rate) based on the facts that I have bought it below market, and I will immediately be increasing the property value when I am handed the keys.I am going to look into people who are inheriting a home that was last decorated by their grandmother in 1950, and people who are incapable of screening bad tenants and just finished their third eviction this year :)