I'm not a huge fan but am not creative enough to visualize it.

If you are really confident with your first tour through the property waive the inspection, or bring your contractor with you to visually inspect as you go through.

Trees, shrubs and plants can add visual appeal and even provide shade which makes the property more valuable.

You're seeing the damage that is visual, but without destructive testing you'll never know what the extent of the damage is inside the walls. 

Running scenarios helps me visualize how all this can work, so thank you for taking the time to put that together.Bringing a note investor to the table at the start seems like excellent advice.

What I would do instead is arrange for a contractor who is familiar with lead abatement to do a walkthrough of the house, or at least whatever areas are easily accessible, and have them do a visual size-up of the property.

Even if the issue is on 2 properties out of 10, well they maybe exactly those rare opportunities that other investors overlooled.Same for Airdna or mashvisor.These tools are even dangerous because they present the results in such a nice professional way that a novice investor will trust the quality of the visuals, regardless of the quality of the underlying data that they ignore. 

ExteriorThe walkways were cracked and should be monitored for action.Sections of the aluminum siding and trim were damaged and should be replaced.There was weathered wood trim throughout that should be replaced as necessary.We recommend installing window well covers over all window wells.The left-side gate was damaged and should be repaired or replaced.Some of the hose spigots were inoperable and this should be corrected.There was some minor cracking throughout each driveway that should be repaired as necessary.There was storage in the 1070 garage that obscured some areas from visual inspection.The Genie overhead garage door opener was not working properly and should be serviced or replaced.The garage door opener was plugged into an extension cord and a dedicated outlet should be installed.We recommend installing downspout extensions to divert drainage away from the foundation of the home.Each overhead garage door was damaged and should be monitored and repaired or replaced as necessary.The patio screen door was badly torn and damaged by the dog and should be replaced.The left side storm door was missing and should be replaced as necessary.

It is free and is visually appealing.

The trade only involves 30' which would remove the remaining easement while freeing up the other 30', plus extending his yard to the rear to create a visual buffer.