Problem is the undertones in your floor are yellowish and the modern look everyone seems to want is white and gray.

Upscale, modern, space saving things will typically increase the unit's value, competitiveness, and rent, especially in the small units. 

And young professionals love to have a nice clean, more modern one.

A class brand new just built all sorts of modern amenities including big GYM  maybe day care  coffee shop etc.. all within blocks of each other same public transportation and same schools.. this is where the New buildings could have big move in bonus's and renters leave the lower tire props for the brand new one.. you still need great/good credit to get into ABC in Portland..  

Or, they could even apply at the apartment with a laptop if you have one.

Also the other rentals in the area mostly have modern paint schemes. 

@Paul Sandhu  Yeah, those must have been some guys from a really rural area where they still have cesspools, not a modern septic system.  

I'd also put in a new tub/shower, if you can afford it - something that looks newer and more modern. 

To paraphrase Nassim Taleb: the problem of modernity is the growing seperation of the legal and the moral.you can tell something is immoral when you have to spend so much time working around the technicalities just to break the spirit of the rule. 

They provided the laptop and I just logged into the Real Estate Express website, took the test, passed, and then the proctor was required to enter their contact information (including their official work email address) to verify that the test was, in fact, proctored.After passing the proctored final course exam, you then want to start prepping for the state licensing exam.