I would focus on things like:1.Fresh Paint (Neutral Tone)2.Install Hardwood Floors 3.Updating the Kitchen4.Bathroom Upgrade These upgrades add value to your home!

However if you purchase a cash neutral or cash negative property you can expect rents next year to be at least $100/month higher than today.  

I agree with the others, if it's a flip, you need to stage it better, including curtains, better neutral colors and much better pictures.    

Because the second person is there so often and engaged in activities that use a lot of utilities, the Landlord is concerned about the potential for losing money.That's the issue we're all addressing and if you apply my gender-neutral explanation to any of our answers, you'll see we are addressing the problem and you're the one making this about gender.

(if you have bad debt, find the balance to take care of those, keep good debt for growth)At the end if you already do master budgeting and restriction or after you do, you will have to make a new choice either live on neutral, or super charge it with 10x habits.All of these are not supposed to be perfect.

Human nature and financial incentives can make it hard for an agent to be neutral when representing both the buyer and seller, or both the landlord and tenant.Tricky negotiations: An agent who represents parties with opposite interests can’t advocate for either.

If these people are adding some amount of positive net worth growth monthly (even if cashflow is neutral) are they not successful? 

Title is neutral in the transaction.They will ensure that seller not only does actually own the land.

There's a very old knob and tube practice called a "California three way" (neutral leg was opened during switching) that led to many liability lawsuits, many structures still have this.

. ;-) it's by preference, by agreement of the parties involved. title is for sure held in sellers name on contract for deed .. if it is not means its transferred to another party via a deed transfer .. just hold a contract for deed in a neutral escrow does not transfer anything if you ran title it would still come up in the sellers name..