We also do a few other things on move-in day.... we put drop cloth runners down in the traffic areas, loan the tenants the use of moving blankets, furniture sliders, an appliance dolly, and shoe covers. 

If you have class C rentals, I like to use Traffic master Grip Strip Water Resistant Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring.

But the impatient ones that need to make a ton of money off their investment quickly will be disappointed.

This will vary property by property and area by area, but in area not only do you have all the city/county level planning: access, traffic counts, density requirements, unit counts for school districts, sewer capacity, etc, but you also have neighborhood councils which will have additional level of say in final design, scale, unit counts, uses, etc.  

This upgrade is especially impactful in high-traffic areas like living rooms and kitchens.The open-concept layout renovation usually ranks fifth in terms of ROI.

You need to make sure you have ample drive by traffic and that the market can absorb the units and how long it will take.

When flipping there's many things that can come up out of your control that can prolong your progress and therefore your investors might begin to get impatient with getting their return.

Do more research on the commute time to DC and I95 high traffic sections.

One of our properties is on the far south side over my UW-Rock, which is my favorite rental spot because it's full of single family and duplex homes, lots of cul-du-sacs that keep traffic noise down, and near the interstate.

Not a lot of traffic, most have an agent, and even if I force everyone to sign in, they often give school emails or bogus numbers. 2.