Or if you have crazy old paint that really should be redone anyways.

One demanded we paint the interior the color they wanted or they wouldn't renew their lease.8) MoveOut damages typically exceed their security deposit. 

In short, you need working windows, no cracking/chipping paint inside/outside, smoke and CO2 detectors inside, no overgrown greenery/trees outside, no holes in the walls, if you have carpet inside - it can't have stains or rips in it, and some other small stuff.

Updated kitchen, bath, floor, appliances, paint, backyard.

He earned quick money as a wholesaler, and I have a house to keep)Rehab cost: $20k (vinyl floor, interior paint, new dual pane windows, new toilets and bathroom vanities, lights, new landscape, new AC condenser, all done by handyman, spent some extra money for minor plumbing and electric jobs, hydro jet sewer lines, clean up attic (had mice), added some insulationTime spent: 3 weeks (two handymen for the first two weeks, one for the last week)Value after repair: probably around $440kJobs still need to be done later: some dryrots, roof work (it's tile roof, roof doctor quoted me $9k, handyman said probably $5k, home inspector said $15k you can get a new shingle roof.

I used to wash cars in the summer, paint fences and mow lawns.

The tenant fails to pay their last month's rent and leaves the place needing new flooring and paint.

I made a few small improvements to the landscaping, I bought a few new appliances, updated a few fixtures, added blinds to the windows, minor drywall repair/paint, and marketed the property as a 4th bedroom that would make great home office/den instead of a 3 bedroom plus office/den.What was the outcome?

Your turn time depends on many factors and you have to understand every owner is different which makes it challenging (some want a new bathroom, some only want reglaze of the tub, some cry about painting a unit that hasn't been painted in 8 years others want it all painted etc).

Also just replaced carpet and painted the walls because there was water intrusion from heavy rainfall.