Properly make the bed (think Hilton hotel room--not Motel 6).Lastly, yes, the holidays cut down dramatically on the number of people out looking and serious about moving. 

We had been looking around the area for a while trying to buy some land zoned multi family to build on and his agent mentioned this while they were out looking at a plot one day.

Read a report recently that 2019 outlook for Houston is very positive with mentions of over 100K of new jobs and the residential and commercial real estate sectors continuing their positive numbers.  

I can make a 3 hour clean out look like $1000 with the right wording too.

Your countertop paint job will probably not come out looking great but tile probably will look good as long as you run it under the sink and use a durable trim or small tiles for the sides.

Trying to time the market is tough but a prudent investor should have an outlook of the future.

@Kevin Dean , @Joel Owens sheds some great lightIn regards to the overall Medical Office outlook, it still remains strong, however what your seeing is also a shift to large, concentrated outpatient medical parks that are on stop shops from Primary Care, Derm, Outpatient Surgery, among other specialties. 

I don't want to burn the realtor out looking for deals.

In other words, on one hand - in addition to cash flow, I will look at what the long term outlook is.

And it's unfortunate, I was surprised at how much interest there was on the part of  younger people to live in one and rent one out.  Looks