Flower boxes and landscaping will also help.  

I would bid this out.  Let's

Sears has outlet stores for scratch and dent or refurbished appliances.  

(green toes, green lawnger, etc) These are pigments and paints.We tried to establish Buffalo grass here, looks like we have to much annual rainfall for it.I Personally  have a 2 acre lawn, on top of the Hill we call a mountain. (1000 ft above sea level) I have drip irrigation that feeds he flower beds.

The guy didn't see any termites inside the property but found them in the flower bed near main entrance.

There's a sears outlet where you can get pretty good deals on new appliances sometimes.  

We were told the property needed a carbon monoxide detector and to have two electrical outlets stabilized.

This might be a site to check out let me know what you find out.

For those interested, it needs the following:Exterior: Paint Shutters & Power Wash all the vinylInterior: Replace Carpet, Paint Walls & Ceiling, Replace switchplates & outlet covers, Paint doors & trimUnpermitted enclosed patio: Relocate Electric Meter to exterior of home.We also put a sign & lockbox on another property which currently has a tenant.  

Ex employer of mine took a self store facility that was in bank foreclosure, bought it, gutted the offices and built offices that he rented out to sub contractors and remod companies. he then put an outlet of his company . a flooring wholesaler in the location as a second store and voila built in business.