I would also add flowers and plans along the house for a quick and easy face lift. 

Smell the flowers for us?

@a dooley, i agree 2 cash flowers is better than 1 paid off but 1 paid off rental would make for stress free.

My wife and I have a 3/2 home located in Flower Mound, TX that we rent out.  

Since yard maintenance was clearly in the lease as the tenant responsibility, the PM contacted the tenants and gave them a short period of time to mow the grass, trim the hedges, and weed the flower beds. 

@Jeffrey Flowers The majority of lenders require you to hold the property for 6-12 months.

Until then, buy that woman some flowers and tell her that the best decision you ever made was marrying her. 

Hey everyone,New to the forum, though I've been trying to get educated on real estate investment for a little while now.I've been living in the North DFW area, more specifically Coppell, for a couple years now.I'm getting about ready to make the jump towards my first investment property.I guess I was just hoping to maybe network with local investors to get some feedback on my current thought process.Not really looking for a BRRR, though I'm not 100% against it either.As of now, plan looks like:$250k SFH around Coppell / Southlake /Flower Mound / Grapevine (keeping an eye on Lewisville / The Colony / Roanoke as well).Really appreciate all the available resources on here.Amazingly helpful.Stay safeManu

paint touchup around home, cosmetic stuff with brick flower bed, taking down a roap swing, removal of a deck in back that is basically a warehouse pallet, possibly some lawn care, etc.

Eventually they realized that although highly practical, it was also highly confusing (and boring) to have both a 1st St. and a 1st Ave, a 2nd St. and a 2nd Ave, etc, that all intersect each other, so they switched all the avenues to nature-related names (mostly trees, birds and flowers but also some scientists and wealthy people's names peppered in like Carnegie, Curie and Tesla).