Work such as building furniture, hanging tvs and pictures, replacing fixtures, etc. 

You need a sales process that addresses both if you want to be able to help both customers. 

2. there was a noted fire in the attic with pictures.

Here are some big picture things to look for in a market..it's focused toward wholesalers but the fundamentals still apply.

However, a STR is not considered a rental activity (section 469 of IRS code) if your rent it 7 days or less on average customer use and therefore not passive for tax purposes. 

I tell our customers all of the time, when you're steadily pursuing highly distressed leads with this criteria it's not a question of if, but how often you will contact the heir to a property who either didn't realized they owned, or they though the property had already been auctioned off by the bank or county.  

Most of the adults couldn't care less about the Xbox, but seeing a nostalgic arcade cabinet with 60 retro games on it brings back memories - and they are the ones paying the rent  It is all about the pictures too - the standup arcade cabinets are going to give you a bigger bang in that department than the Xbox, but the kids/teens want the Xbox.  

If you as LP invest at bad market time in good sponsor, the probabily of losing money is still 70%, if you don't invest at bad market time, your chance of losing money is zero percent.This is why at the end of the day, investing at public stock index or REIT would be better to customer as stock price is reflecting the actual condition due to its financial transparency.

We knew it was a great deal but with bad pictures and being in rough shape we made a quick offer slightly above list price, limited inspection and quick close and included a quick acceptance deadline so we others couldn't see the great deal we were seeing and they accepted!

That's a giant red flag for that grocer potentially declining to renew their lease, vegan gluten free customers don't want to walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke to get to their ethically sourced non-GMO organic avocado, and obviously the "no smoking within 50 feet" sign is going to be ignored by the customers of that neighboring business, who are all a bunch of smokers.