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Everyone thinks they can paint but there's a big difference between a professional paint job and a non-professional one (the latter usually actually damages the property instead of improving it). 

In previous roles, I was responsible for the asset management, capital improvement, repair, and maintenance of an ANG Fighter Base worth over $400M.

I would like if you ever need a licensed GC to do renovations/Tenant Improvement projects I have a group for that.  

Better education and training might be one way to improve the situation  Damn, sorry to hear that.

I also found that being at "market" rents it takes longer to rent therefore missing out on a month or two of income negating the ROI on improvements.

From the sentiment of your post it seems like you're viewing the buyers as strictly investors when they may lean more towards traditional homeowners looking for a quality of life improvement or an improvement on their current financial situation today.Let's say the buyer pays 465k and has a 5% interest rate.

I didn't see where you're going to borrow any money in the projects, which would improve your returns even more AND allow you to do more projects.

You just have to be careful because some sales agents will just advise you to over improve the property because it makes their job easier.