Have you raised the rent or did any upgrades to the property.

If I could, I would build a business where all I did was minor cosmetic upgrades, maybe some staging, and back on the market within 2 weeks on houses built after 1990 in high demand areas with low days on market.

One tenant was a packrat, he had a small Chihuahua that pooped everywhere, junk everywhere and a broken car, the apartment was filthy and needed a complete remodel.  

My plan is to buy a single house, do repairs and upgrade and possibly sell in a few years to reap a tax free program that exists.  

You should not get too much competition from the typical first time home buyers because they get scared away by the large initial repair bill, evidence of water damage or mold, missing appliances, broken stuff, non-home-warrantied HVAC units, etc..

One thing I recommend is to look at the rates broken down by county.

@Jared Standiford When we know of an appraisal that will be taking place on one of our properties, we always give them a list of upgrades that we have done on the house along with pictures.  

I’m a clean freak and can only walk on broken 2x4’s and piles of old plaster for so long before it has to go even if were not completely finished; you don’t want to twist an ankle then you can’t work!

I'm a bit of a broken record trying to get some of my investors (and regular buyers) to look at homes with a basement apartment or carriage house.

Those are not "broken" markets like Detroit.