So, I'm thinking nothing too fancy...A 3br, 2ba on each side, 1200 sq. ft. or so per side, with the finished just being standard stuff...High quality for less maintenance, but not necessarily flashy or fancy...More on the functional side than fashionable. 

A car wash wand that dispenses soap and rotates on water pressure will do best. 

I use OneNote for a large swath of functions, from scanning business cards, clipping web articles to read later and keeping different projects in order.

They're primarily concerned with making their home functional, nicer, etc. 

That may have been what the auditor was referring to ("thermostat was wrong") The condenser outside may also not be functioning properly which runs the electric heat more often.

Go to every party and social function you can and talk real estate with people.

You should be able to rotate your picture in settings. 

In addition to writing up bid proposals that can serve as a functional scope of work I try to self perform as much as possible with my own in house tradesmen in order to stay aggressive on the pricing.  

Or maybe the property has a good kitchen that is completely functional and liveable, but a little out of date?

Also, it may be functionally obsolete (some am I some days) so it may be land value mines cost of demolition and other issues, plus back taxes.