Also-Don't buy sight unseen judging value from the tax rolls or property condition from satellite photos or google street view.  

Currently, I am a Satellite Communications Engineer and pursuing my MBA.

Budget Item Description Total Scheduled Item Cost WINDOWS complete 2 decorative front windows and 6 windows on the first floor $ 3,000.00 DOORS Complete 1 exterior door, new locks and 5 interior door knobs $ 500.00 BATHROOM REMODEL Complete 1 bath tub, 1 vanity sink with cabinet and mirror and new fixtures $ 2,600.00 BATHROOM TILEWORK Complete new tile in shower and floors $ 1,500.00 KITCHEN REMODEL Complete tile the floor material and labor $ 1,500.00 KITCHEN CABINETS Complete cabinets and counter top $ 2,000.00 KITCHEN FIXTURES Complete Kitchen sink, light fixtures and outlets, add outlet for dish washer $ 700.00 APPLIANCES complete refrigerator, oven, dishwasher and hood $ 1,500.00 FENCE REPAIR complete repair missing slats and damaged posts $ 1,000.00 FLOORS complete new linoleum tile in entry way, touch up hard wood floors with stain and polyurethane $ 1,000.00 CONTINGENCY complete $ 1,500.00 PAINT THROUGHOUT complete paint entire first floor $ 1,500.00 Total $ 18,300.00

I ran a tester advertisement using low quality photos with a dirty dish filled kitchen and marked up walls at $1050 saying in unit laundry and being a 2br in that neighborhood got 7 replies within 5 hours on HotPads.

Some of my guests do not care about some amenities and other things like spare coffee makers, new dishes, silverware, and other items I keep in my storage shed on property so a call to my caretaker/cleaner with a $25 service call charged to me and within an hour there is a new item at their door. 

You benefit because you get your property back in your possession to renovate.I know that Auburn is a Seattle satellite, but the recent civil unrest is causing firms to leave the area so it might be to their benefit to move out.

@William Levi CorcioWe have a satellite office for our brokerage up in Palmdale.

Blinds are always thrashed when people move out but curtains will usually be ok after a trip to the laundry.I also put a little effort into staging the low end apartments - it makes a big difference if you put up shower curtains, toilet paper, soap, paper towels, dish soap and a dish sponge.

Box lots of linens, kitchenware, dishes - some for well under $10 per lot.  

What I have gathered is Far East El Paso is land locked obviously to the north because of Fort Bliss being federal government land, and to the east because of these ghost parcels of land, what was really interesting is the satellite imagery of these ghost parcels of land, subdivisions laid out with parcels of land and streets, even names of streets, however these were bought and sold throughout 60's to the mid 70's through Horizon Corp.