Focus on cheap DIY shower heads and fancy accessories only after you’ve taken care of the basics, which is most often all about trapping rental-destroying moisture out of your walls/floors/ceilings. 

It doesn't have to be fancy. 

If you are from San Diego you likely have some idea of the size of the homes in North Poway (but ours is on the smaller side, but our neighbor has a house that looks a dorm - no exaggeration). 

I live in a jurisdiction where promoting a place as nicer than the average college dorm room and telling someone with a good job they will feel right at home is considered okay... as opposed to a place where mentioning the place has a new roof leads to a lawsuit because it can be considered unfair to those who like to sleep by starlight.

In the beginning, while I was working 50-60 hour weeks, living way below our means, not buying the latest this or that, driving cars till the wheels fell off, not going on fancy vacations my friends and family were doing all of this and more while almost laughing at me that I wasn't.

I manage a lower end 12 plex in an inner-city environment that's old, it's not fancy but we have a nice community of residents that are happy when things are fixed timely and properly.

So these guys won't be buying houses or other fancy assets.

I don't want or need high end or fancy stuff. 

Keep your costs down - don't let renters or new contractors see you all dressed up and driving a fancy new car. 

The guy in the fancy leased car?