Start with a good carpenter that has a framing crew and also does trim work.

What I observed was 11 water heaters from '83, at least 3 furnaces need replaced and likely all need maintained, as the central AC units went out he replaced them with window units, active plumbing drain leaks and many locations that leaks are imminent, no less that half the units still have fuse boxes, there are a few broken window, never trimmed trees and more. 

We are trying to trim our budget where we can save more money for investments.

The bedroom floor is outdated (except for the bathrooms) - doors and trim are from the 70s (when it was built).

You may have a very clean tenant but they may have painted one of the rooms blue with brown trim (Yes, I have had a tenant do that to one of my apartments).

I had done many little things and those add up when making something more tidy right (paint, trees trimmed etc etc).

When I read that, I immediately think they must be working in the deep South, or FL or somewhere where the median home cost is under $100k.My belief is that if I am going to put reasonably high quality cabinets, floors, appliances and trim into homes, shouldn't my profit reflect the extra investment in materials and extra time to do the finishes?

But, if you are in a high income area and you need to make small changes to spruce up the place, then something along those lines would be appropriate.I tend to hate brown trim and brown doors.

The other thing is that there would be some level of lead abatement but we didn't get to the lead test - definitely present in moldings, around staircase, trim, etc.The section 8 rent will be at least 900 if not 1000 minimum for a 2 bedroom with den, which is how I'd have to market it for section 8 with its layout.

Also consider trim, if this roof is in a area where looks need to impress.