Zillow presents their Zestimate to the public in big bright lights, but buries the disclosure. 

I saw the light!

You just need to shine the right light on it and show everyone you are special , better than your competitor. 

And she thinks she's entitled to a return of all deposit funds.I don't throw the term "moron" around lightly...but what a moron.

In the podcast Jered Sturm, Brandon Turner, and Dave Meyer talk about different value add strategies like doing a rub (sub metering water), increasing energy efficiency with light bulbs, and renting out washers and dryers to the tenants.While I was going to Southern Utah University to get my Bachelor's in Engineering and Technology I stayed in several different apartments and got to see both the good and the bad of many apartments.

I can see ECA DuctWorks investing time and materials in exchange for light returns after sales.

@Abigail Timbol You wouldn’t get very far on a journey if you sat in the driveway waiting for all the lights in town to turn green.

If it doesn't, load up the belt sander with 100-grit,  sand the problem area again enough to take off the poly, stain the wood lightly with an oak stain (usually the best stuff for faux-aging oak will be marked "golden oak"), and poly it up again.

You can add lighting to them too.  

However, the time commitment is not something to take lightly.