I've had one were the previous owner built a flower bed in the backyard.

We want tenants who will call you when something breaks; tenants who are going to be clean and respectful; tenants who are going to plant flowers and trim lawn; tenants who are going to think if it as their home and not just a rental.

If there are no restrictions, I would paint the house a neutral color (perhaps like the beige in the second picture that you posted) and add black shutters and a black door (simple and inexpensive) Line the front walk with some pretty flowers and people will stop to look.

If you ever want to look into those for cash-flowers, let me know and I'll point you in some good directions.

Maybe a small flowering tree in place of that big bush to give it more color at least part of the year but not too big, or possibly something like a crimson maple (no idea if that would do well in FL but probably not) to give color year round.Good luck!

It will just cost me more time and money on labor to rip out all of it and to peal off that hideous flower wallpaper.

We have a few Realtors and especially builders who own stage furniture they use, but the price has to justify the time and effort.To my knowledge in my market there is no data supporting staging a property, those that stage them just believe in it.Even in your example there are other factors that are alive in the market that influence price, you really can't prove that furniture and flowers caused a sale much less at a specific price.

I also like the flower box idea.I will keep the thread updated with the shutters in place, deck cleaned and stained, pic's.Please keep the comments coming, Thanks, John

Sometimes evicting bad seeds can be very difficult and time consuming.I think the landscaping #'s are low, low quality tenants tend to litter a lot and make a mess of the grounds and nicer bushes/trees/flowers are integral to luring better tenants. 

You have to have the vision to see past the ugly things--whether they're on the inside of the house or on the outside.Once the bushes were trimmed down and we added flowers and flower boxes, it really created a nice curb appeal.