Artwork is often personal choice, but you definitely need some stuff there.

Often times this data isn't made public so some calls have to be made, but for us it's an indication whether or not there's a trend of investments being made in an area. 

Often times, their approval processes are slow.Credit Unions - Their member structure also subsidizes their financial structure so they can also be a source of low-cost financing.

What kind of tenants do you have?

@Joshua Lanzieri when renovating older properties there are almost always negative surprises.Go watch any HGTV renovation show and most of them will have this as a cliff-hanger, forcing the choice of either going over budget or cutting back elsewhere.10% overruns happen often, but 50% is NOT acceptable!

It's just that telling a tenant they have to do something and then making sure they do it is often a mind numbing effort.

That's often what I found to be missing...

PM fees typically run 8-10% of monthly rent for a duplex plus often a leasing fee of 50-100% of one month's rent when placing new tenants.

One thing I often see lacking from the search criteria is client experience.

A couple of tenants unable to pay their rent.