Your tenants might hesitate due to such a ugly view, but you could do a lovely screening patio or fence and minimize that, also.

.* Install that plastic over the windows that gets shrunk with a hair dryer each fall. 

Nice street and patio views!

This is a detached home with an attached two-car garage and a expansive back yard with patio, space for gatherings, seating area, and a nice green lawn with mature trees.

Purchase price: $600,000 Cash invested: $75,000 This is a detached home with an attached two-car garage and a expansive back yard with patio, space for gatherings, seating area, and a nice green lawn with mature trees.

High efficiency,  Plastic Laminate.

I stay away from the cheaper plastic heat tape, it has to be replaced every few years, and is move prone to catching fire if it crosses over itself.

Purchase price: $25,000 Cash invested: $13,097 Three bedroom, one bath, detached one car garage, front porch, back patio and deck.

It's a big project that involved moving a 50 foot, exterior brick wall, discovering an extra floor that we didn't know was there, and building a rooftop patio that overlooks the entire neighborhood.

It's a big project that involved moving a 50 foot, exterior brick wall, discovering an extra floor that we didn't know was there, and building a rooftop patio that overlooks the entire neighborhood.