So, color, texture, design choices in flooring and furnishings.

Literally every apartment i have lived in i have painted, created vibrant patterns on the walls, and decorated with different colors and textures.

Formal bid has not beed drawn up yet, so maybe Ill be surprised.I factored in the ceiling sheetrock, mud, and insulation in a separate estimate, paint and texture in another.

I added a bit of texture in my profile on goals.

An improvement is an addition to or addition of an enhancement that may or may not have already existed.

We installed a nice fence with a gate and it enhanced the look of our building dramatically, which stopping random trash from appearing.

This is a great market to help you enhance your portfolio.I hope to hear from you soon!

If you are not filling the void of each other's weaknesses and enhancing each other strengths the partnership will be stressed over time.Is your partner just the money guy and does not want to do any work and is very interested in getting involved with real estate but is really just wanting passive income from the benefits of REI, thats fine too but know that he is really a money partner, which is also important but that would mean a different type of partnership and different expectation of you. 

. :)You asked a really good question because from what I've seen all of the training new agents get for real estate consists of a) the real estate exam, which in real life teaches you very little about how to do real estate on a daily business, and b) tons of advice on marketing and getting sellers to agree to 'your price' and 'your marketing plan' - without ever actually teaching new agents how to correctly evaluate a home's market value or come up with a value-enhancing marketing plan to begin with.

A fixture is an item that is attached to the property with the intent to enhance the value of the property and the removal of which would damage the value of the property.