spruce up the landscaping; new mulch, bright, colorful flowers, but the grass, rake the leaves...replace all lightbulbs with 100w bulbs. 

So, consider creating a curved bed in that 90 degree angle between path and flower bed.

Replace the crazy looking bush and its dead friend with 5 dwarf nandinas and then a perennial flower that loves sun in front of them.  

(My wife also would rather I take her out to eat instead of "waste" money on flowers that die in a week.)You don't have to answer these questions, they are just food for thought.

If you subscribe to the Jefferson Lily school of thought on mobile home investing (which I do) you should never pay more than a couple of grand for a home, regardless of condition.

., mowing, etc.) and gardening (one property has rose bushes and a few other flowers)?

It is heartening to see tenants make their rental their *home*, when they plant pretty flowers in the beds, flower pots on the porches, keep everything tidy and trimmed, put nice seasonal decorations up.  

I did have quad tenants break the toilet tank lid and stick plastic flowers in it, jamming and causing a month long toilet leak.  

Hi,I'm a real estate agent and investor in Dallas, working with residential real estate in various Dallas suburbs - Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Irving, Coppell, Fort Worth, Justin, Keller, Colleyville, Southlake etc.  

I am in that camp ...) unlimited ice melt for each unit in winter (again, win/win as they can fling away if they find a slick spot, reducing risks and helping)) flower baskets hung in spring (then I even let them adopt an annual to water so I don't have to drive by and check them)...) responsive service and active maintenance ( maintenance is also about tenant satisfaction, so I try not to lose a good tenant due to a slow drain, broken closet, loose door knob, etc)Finally, I think it was Leigh Robinson (or maybe Jay P.