I ran a free ad and some guy came to get it to plant flowers in.Those deals that you got are awesome.

These include:-Painting the garage-Removing some dead trees and cleaning up the yard-Installing flower boxes in the front and under the windows-Repairing all driveway/garage floor cracks-Painting the inside of the house-Repairing appliances-Fixing a leaking roof and damaged gutter-Installing new SOD and landscapingNot quite as good as the addition and new garage cited above but all of these things reduce maintenance costs and improve the value of the properties.

But you will have to take a look at some of the items that might be effected by that: outlets, light switches, other trim like window trim, baseboards or crownmoldingOnce you open up the walls and a framing inspector sees that, they will make you bring things up to code.

I love to garden (flowers and vegetables) and raising my own eggs and roasters sounded like a logical extension.

When it comes to units that you own, every bathtub, stair step, hand rail, linoleum floor, rusty nail, splinted fence, exposed tree root,  fireplace and electrical outlet is a potential exposure.

For example, I can change an outlet in 5 minutes, but if I called an electrician, they would want $100/hour at least.As a second part of this question: How does property management work on a large scale?

Depending on the age, you may also have to upgrade the wiring to being grounded, which means replacing all the outlets and wires anyway.

Replaced all outlets and switches4.

Test and reset all ground fault (GFCI) outlets quarterly.

It'll give me the same creative outlet as flipping would by allowing me to update spaces, while also providing some cash flow.