Prioritize paying off existing debt to improve your debt-to-income ratio for better loan terms.

Im always open to improving mine :) 

In most cases, new retail leases come with some amount of concessions from the Landlord which primarily consist of a Free Rent Period to allow the new Tenant to build out their space and a Tenant Improvement Allowance which is a pre-negotiated amount of money that the Landlord contributes to the Tenant to assist with the cost of the build out of the space. a Free rent period can be anywhere form 1 month to 1 year (or more) and a Tenant Improvement Allowance could be $5.00 per square foot or $50.00 per square foot (and in some cases a LOT more).

I have spent a lot of time on the phone with them and they genuinely want to improve what they are offering for investors.  

In such cases, the property should ideally function as a flip, benefiting from either market appreciation or improvements ("forced appreciation") to maximize its value. 

Make improvements to the house to raise the appraised value. 

Oftentimes, they don't realize it and/or they think they're not capable of improving and will blame the president, their boss or bad luck for their circumstances.

These updates modernized the property, improved its curb appeal, and increased its market value.

These updates modernized the property, improved its curb appeal, and increased its market value.

So it can be done if you really have tight subs and can push them to start each phase as soon as the previous one ends.There are some other tricks we've learned to improve quality and turnaround as well - prefinished siding and tongue and groove.