Hi James - the woman who got me into buy and hold rents to Section 8 in some of her Waldorf properties.  

When my first flip was on the market my agent called and asked "did you tell a woman that you would rent the house to her????"

The landscaping should be like lipstick on a beautiful woman...an accent.Repair any damage to the walkway leading up to the front door.If it's in your budget, patch or re-sod the front yard, and yes...install appropriate landscaping plants.

ok @Aditya P. and @Ceasar Blackman about the title...I thought it was a cute and funny title.

There was a cute hotel along the highway between Merrillville and Valpo where I would always spend the night.

The house is a cute 3 bed, 2 bath in a convenient area that's very popular with post-college aged folks, in the Dogtown area of St.

The seller is an elderly woman (85) who has lived there for 40 + years.

They work for the man (or woman) and are dependable good employees who retire and take social security. 

These offices are just your normal everyday real estate offices, one of the offices that is a one woman show, deals in a lot of HUD's and foreclosures, the other seems to almost solely sell property that is owned by the owner.

So, she was VERY specific about fonts, templates, even the style of stamps to use on direct mail, even going as far to say, "If you don't have a cute puppy or horse in the background of your letter, your response rate will drop from my typical 12% to the average 1-2% response rate".