The White Coat Investor.

And here is what I found: Every single kind of paint required 2 coats (except for one) and they all looked the same after.

That being said hard money isn't free but if you factor it into your coat and still have a nice profit why not. 

A nice smooth coat of stucco over the brick probably comes in 2nd place.

The flat roofs are mostly rubber torch down that are silver coated every 3 years. 

In addition, overseeing it ourselves, we catch other things PMs and tenants don't pay attention to, like loose pickets on fences or porch railings, sills starting to rot that need a coat of paint, caulking around tubs and sinks, tightening loose handles on sliding glass doors, etc. 

And then patch and skim coat.

She didn't like what he had to say (the 2 disliked heirs have rights), but it's the law,  not sugar coated.    

And around here cost was $39 a square foot while the tile came in at under $10 s/f.The large tiles I used here are ker tiles(kertile.com) and because of the large size they are much thicker than a smaller tile.

I'd rather you be frank with me than the flip side and sugar coat or try to scam us.