They also installed the pole in the flower bed in front of the house.

We’ve seen it in every thing including flowers, real estate, stock, bonds, mutual funds, dot coms, etc.

I think some new pain plus maybe some more shutters (plus a better color) and window boxes along with some bark mulch, bushes and flowers should bring that house to life. 

Either way, your plan to take advantage f lower prices for East is excellent!

Welcome to Biggerpockets @Deyon Flowers

They will bicker about whose spot has more sunshine, other tenants or neighboring kids will steal their tomatoes, someone will swipe the cute little solar spinning flower from one of the gardens, some tenants won't take care of their plots and they'll look like hell, some will use chemicals the other tenants will complain about, someone will steal the hoses.  

All of a sudden, the front looks symmetrical and there just happen to be some pretty trees/flowers to the left side.Here's an idea, only with black pots.  

Any kind of flower plantings will have to be pruned, headed, weeded, edged, etc.If it was a small yard, I'd just cover the whole thing with concrete and tell the tenants they can grow plants in pots.

Personally, I'd paint it gray with white shutters, maybe get rid of those bushes and plant some flowers

So I had to counter all the BS negatives he produced with pictures and documentation to assist the buyer - - 'fait accompli',  appraisal came in just 5k short the the listing price.The inspector was just way off base, opening subpanel covers and complaining on  the wiring - - just cleared by the City :sheeze:   Also made many ridiculous recommendations, including installing drains in all the flower beds.ALL such recommendations can be denied, I did, and I still closed at the listing price.Then too, the inspector & the appraiser both FAILED to cite a recent change in Code (cc 505.1) and it only got caught by the Fire Marshal and I had to scramble to get that corrected.