All the other fancy ways people try and get creative with owning something typically only costs you money and provides zero benefit. 

What they don't get is I have those because I made a decision to put my money towards those and didn't do X, Y and Z that they did (eg a fancy vacation every year). 

We use all these fancy numbers and metrics to say whats a good or bad market but end of day, all that jazz is just our way of trying to put "where people want to live" into math.

But for me, the biggest shift was developing a routine and using tools that let me see my rental finances at a glance.Anyway, that’s my two cents.

A buddy of mine in Phoenix added a fenced yard and bunk beds to his listings.. nothing fancy, just a few tweaks.. and he went from crickets to getting three calls in two weeks.Preferred Landlord Program: This program gets you priority placement, and while ALE charges a fee, it's worth it for visibility.

They pay all of the utilities and regular routine maintenance such as pool, yard, trash, etc. 

He and his team built the app that Quest’s “fancy” 401k used.

There was a glut in wineries not long back when The Australian dollar was high and people who once couldn't get enough of Australian wine suddenly turned back to relatively cheaper and more fancy sounding French and Italian plonk, combined with the change in regulation in the Chinese wine market that killed it as a business drink.

We should be able to templatize routine reviews, although it certainly doesn’t provide any detail about why I was a good guest.

Also have some landscaping, doesn't need to be fancy but give the impression the home is welcoming.