Some guy wanted it to plant flowers in.

You are obviously in a different market than mine, but here are my suggestions:- No siding on garage, just new paint- Leave the roof on garage as-is unless it is leaking or really old- Definitely remove the awnings- Upgrade to two full baths- Recoat or resurface the driveway rather than make it concrete unless concrete is standard for the area and for your comps- For missing plumbing, do whatever is expected for your area- Trim all bushes and also add some plants with colorful flowers- Do the basement wall if the basement will be living space or if required by code now, otherwise no- We never include washer and dryer here, but maybe it's different where you are- I'd suggest doing stainless steel or faux stainless appliances; it's not much more and they look a lot better- If you can get inexpensive, nice cabinets from a distributor, great, otherwise Lowe's has some nice looking cabinets for the price- We always do granite countertops at least, but that's normal here- If that basement floor sealant is inexpensive, I think it will make the basement feel a lot nicer

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

It’s the plant (flowers) themselves that are really pungent, so if people don’t store it (or the used burnt bits) in a closed container, the smell from that is noticeable.

I have a property with a neighboring fence covered in Kudzu, a notorious weed which will climb anything and burrow through the ground. Known as “the weed that ate the south” The fences have allowed the Kudzu to to exp...

I think the bubble has began to break up in Wyoming, but ours is due to low oil prices and government regulations on coal fired power plants. 

There is certainly no problem planting an FSBO sign in the front yard and listing it on Craigslist.

I do agree with your take on the dishwasher, place to grow plants, and fire pit.

Just recently self-installed a 30k mini-split system in another property, but that was a STR with a former pellet stove that might as well have been a nuclear plant power plant based on how guests responded to it when they walked in. 

She was upset that the roof got a leak after a tropical storm came through.