The original vinyl was an off grey brick pattern and the new  vinyl that was replaced, under a table area where chairs had ripped the floor, was a greenish yellow flower pattern..It was awful. 

Sorry @Mindy Jensen   I am a w2 wage earner but I also  maintain my church 2 acres, bushes and flower beds for money for 22 weeks out of the year and put in some color during winter. 

I consider myself a quick learner which I attribute to a valuable lesson my dad taught me when he took my new bicycle back to SEARS the day after he bought it for my birthday.  

Smaller ticket items, think water heaters, toilets, vanities, shower fans, light bulbs, switches, river rock, vent covers etc etc.I also spent all hours outside of my W2 working on some aspect of the project from Jul 1 to Aug 15 (spent my birthday dinner sanding floors).

That doesn't mean I hug tenants, send birthday cards or hang out with them on the weekend. 

There are many customer service businesses that send you birthday cards, waive your first late fee, or overage fee, send you gifts around the holiday, etc.

Buy a Ferrari and drive it 180 mph on his 94th birthday? 

I'm in the midwest so I don't know temps, but is it warm enough there yet to put out a few large planters with flowers, outside? 

put the property into contract your not out anything.. but then no one else snags it why you negotiate.I just had one like this were 5 feet of the house were actually over the line..Buyer is just knocking 5 feet off the house and doing a full remodel.. the neighbor thought he had us over the barrel.. but I did not to discount for this.. so maybe with that one.. not knowing the topo.. just build a new driveway if its a rental your tenants don't care.. low ball the bank and you got a good cash flower.

Or plant flowers at the entrance.