I just had 2100 sf of luxury vinyl flooring installed.

Getting title and getting clean title for properties bought at tax auctions are two different things. 

Fix Flip- only do surface style changes- flooring, landscape, roof, windows, etc. 

Tons of deferred maintenance and a lot of work to do to clean up this mess. 

I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.

You hired cleaners to clean the unit between tenants?

A really nice home with some extra touches (a little granite, better flooring, nicer paint job, nicer cabinets, etc.) compared to the area will make potential tenants fall in love with the place.  2) Tenants that bring or can swing their own appliances are more financially stable (or just stable in general, ha!)

It's an 860sf unit, so it would be right around the $2.00/sf mark as a LTR, if not a bit higher.I inherited an existing long-term tenant in the first floor apartment, so that unit isn't in nearly as good shape as the fully renovated upstairs unit. 

If your budget is so tight that you can't handle a small leak, what will happen when a tenant fails to pay the last month of rent and abandons the property with $6,000 in cleaning and repairs?

Floor is going in, paint is mostly done, then trim and doors.