Finding good tenants is much like finding good home buyers - you want them to fall in love with the place.If all a landlord does is put in the bare minimum without any thought to aesthetics, he or she is going to get the bare minimum tenant - and the problems that result.

Take it all with a grain of salt, determination, and go kick some *** ;)If some punk-a** kid like me can do it starting from nothing, you certainly can too :)

., to find inexpensive furnishings that fit into a design aesthetic that would draw good rent.).

That’s what you want to achieve.You want to provide a trouble-free, pleasurable, aesthetically pleasing, creature comfortable, needs fulfilling, safe, secure, affordable and convenient place to live.

Theoretically the HOA fees should be contingent upon what the HOA is providing for you (landscaping , external aesthetics and potential coverage for the unit itself)

If simply some advice would be helpful, we're happy to guide as well.Generally speaking, I'd stay away from stock plans as it's rare they work for every situation and the headache you'll go through trying to adapt it to your situation - it would have been better to start from scratch with something specifically designed for your location, zoning requirements, aesthetics, needs, and budget.

I’m here to learn so maybe next time you should offer advise before being a punk.

Not the most aesthetically pleasing but an option and more DIY friendly than metal railings.Good luck.

If you have an external masonry wall, which is exposed to the conditioned space of the unit, then you have very negligible insulation and a massive thermal conduit between conditioned and unconditioned spaces.You would be doing far better by your future tenants to insulate this wall than worry about loosing 2-3" of living space or the aesthetics of a brick wall.Where this is a masonry wall - first confirm if it is a single wythe or 2 (or possible 3) wythes of brick (with a air gap/drainage plane between the outer wythe and the inner).  

I have lived in my present home, a modest 1915 2-bedroom, for the past 12 years; its present value being at least double what I paid for it.As may be apparent from the preceding, my interest is in older homes, having an aesthetic character generally not found in modern construction.