We were more in the garment district, but not far from Times Square.

A slightly outdated 3 bed 2 bath rancher with attached garage.

Peter Johnson,  that's a ridiculously outdated graphic there.  

The pricing in the book is outdated now, of course, but the fundamentals are still there.

The home had been inherited but was outdated and had a reverse mortgage, with a lender putting pressure on them to sell.

You'll be able to keep them far longer without looking outdated than if you go with some current popular color. 

He has recently started doing personal jobs on the side but is new to the business part of it.He went to a unit and replaced an outdated thermostat, fixed a light fixture that was hanging, and sprayed WD-40 into the units entrance lock because it was giving the tenants some trouble.When we got the invoice, he charged for 45 minutes of labor but also charged an extra $30 for additional fees and had no further description.

If you do not do this then simply an investor over improves for resale at the rent stage and those items tend to be outdated when they go to sell many years later.

Yes the news cycle seems to perpetuate outdated statistics, partially due to political concerns.

Then, write up an agreement with them, if you can get them to agree, that that was their deposit amount, and that they agree to move out on X date and will get their deposit money in cash on move-out date, if they leave it clean, etc.