Yes, you will always have issues and you will never stop learning new things, but the light get's brighter as you go, no need to see the end of the trail when you sart walking.Start with these two things: find an agent who has done (personally) what you want to do.

We have plans to open up the closed off/ boxed up rooms with a pass through bar in between the kitchen and dining room to create openness and to make it brighter in the whole area since we currently have a dark, outdated, galley kitchen with a single window and terrible lighting.

Do the low-hanging fruit first: update the blinds, sand and paint cabinets (don't always need to be fully replaced), build/update fencing in yard (having a private back yard is a huge value add), paint dark rooms brighter colors, replace older floors with inexpensive and durable laminate. 

Change the light bulbs to brighter ones to let more light in for $20.It doesn't mean 'cut corners' and 'hide things.' 

I was trying to beat the housing "bubble" but it appears that new economic numbers are brighter than anticipated recently.

My wife and I have disliked how CA has been managed for many years, we're hoping to start a brighter future for our children.

They walked around the perimiter of the house with their flashlights. 

I’m looking forward to the future more brighter than before.

“Trucks and a gaggle of movers descended on the property, working well after midnight and lit only by flashlights,” a neighbor of the gated property told the New York Post.“ Hammer, 34, and his estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers, 38, found a buyer for their three-story Tudor last month, though only after cutting their initial $5.8 million asking price by $800,000.

Depends on location, how much rent you asking if your place in a really good area you definitely want you place to stand out brighter colors attract people faster your place will not be empty