I would do two things: get professional bids on renovations (no fly-by-night contractors offering to save you a buck) and ensure I have the funds set aside to cover the cost.If you don't want it, I'm happy to take it off your hands.

Even if I had a team of professionals to help I don’t know what choices to make in home design and of course it would cost more than doing it on my own (while working a full time job).

But I am also very attentive to their concerns/issues and I have beautified the property and added parking since taking over from a "professional" landlord who sucked a fortune out of the property.If I had a tenant who is complaining unnecessarily then I would look to terminate their tenancy ASAP.

He is a tax professional, so I'd trust his statements.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/30...

(I'm uncertain if that also included mortgage professionals, insurance agents, title company people, etc.?)

I am a young professional currently working in the Houston Texas market in O&G. 

From maintenance issues, to dealing with professional tenants, to infighting amongst the group of friends, the issues we faced contributed to the fear and the stagnation.

Hi Matt, As long as you are pricing your property fairly, marketing on all the large sites, and have a detailed property description and professional looking photos that will catch renters eyes, you should have no problem getting leads. 

March through May/June are the peak months, however, so there will definitely be more competition, but hopefully that leads to more buyers as well.Hopefully you are using a realtor to sell so you're on HAR and all the aggregated websites, have professional photography, and are making it easy to show or set appointments.

I think staging AND professional pictures should make your listing more appealing.