Scrape skim sand and paint damage wall and paint room as well along with trim. $250.00Laundry room closet.

YMMV (your mileage may vary)Fixable alone: boiler maintenance and steam system rebalancing, minor lead paint sealing, plaster patching (even very large ones), thermostat installation, insulate flooring and rim joists, painting, floor repair, skim coating walls, installing thresholds, weatherproofing, installing/refinishing door and cabinet hardware, adjuster gutter drainageNeeded professionals: sewage main unclogging ($), knob and tube disconnection+removal ($$), flooring ($$), adding joists for structural support within walls ($$), replacement and removal of old brass/cast iron plumbing where necessary ($$$), new gas line for laundry and lines for appliances ($), wall demo + replacement ($$$), steam line moving and radiator repair ($$), gutters ($$)$ - hundreds, $$ - thousands, $$$ 5K-10K, $$$$ - tens of thousandsHope this helps, best of luck with the old home!

Most folks just would not comment.. and move on.. the fact that these folks who are a slice of the investing public have come on BP and made these observations.. then we are just skimming the surface.. in my humble opinion it simply is not scalable and these folks will be like most others in the space.. long gone and their investors left to hold the bag..

One was a 3bed/2bath unit set up for ten guests, but it had a small 3.8 cubic foot dorm fridge that couldn't hold fit a gallon of milk and they didn't have a single picture, clock, or other decoration on any of the walls.

Hey Eron,I've kind of skimmed through the prior posts, and I agree with a lot of what was already said.

oh and i meant to add for your consideration - self leveling concrete as a skim coat -- and etching.

You can do as you like but bottom line it is the tenants that create the asthetics of the community.On a community as small as that I would only do what is necessary to maintain the community and anything that would contribute to higher rents.It sounds like a community that you simply want to skim off any profits you can and leave well enough alone.Simply enforce strict aesthetic rules on the home owners themselves to maintain the value of the community.

I will admit that I skimmed through other responses, so I apologize for any repetition.

Sure Jeff Henderson go ahead and skim around the rules from a government agency.

Why buy a cow when you can get the milk free?