Hell, my personal home went up in value about 25% the day I closed... according to Zillow.On purchases, by contrast, you've got a pair of real estate agents running credible comps and keeping the delusions in check.

When the real estate agents want to stab you for not buying, go to open houses.Learn how to analyze deals and then analyze every single house on the MLS in your market.Then do the same in a different market and contrast and compare.

Contrast that with the other B/A assets we have that are truly passive. 

It depends on the dolor scheme you are using in the house.The trend right now is gray neutral.Check houzz for painting ideas.But alotnof folks like the look of wood beams so i would paint it all black.I would try a contrast color scheme.

I've toyed with it myself, but eventually decided I didn't want to be that far from my rentals for now.What @Djemky Annelus says is true - Jacksonville has a lot of development projects going on, especially in the Southside area adjacent to UNF - many changes in a short amount of time.When I moved to Jacksonville to attend UNF in 2004 that area was a pine tree farm - very stark contrast between now and then.

What that entailed was to call all the apartments/properties of like kind adjacent to your property to compare/contrast the attributes/amenities they had in comparison to what you were offering at your property.

I contrast to @Nathan G.

I would have to compare and contrast the criteria to see if there is a significant benefit and haven't really had a chance to do that yet.

I pasted the statute below, and the Delaware statute beneath it for contrast.

On my flips I usually get really low cost drought tolerant plants, maybe irrigation if they're fancier like palms and then DG everywhere grass would be, mulch for the planters or perimeters if some contrast is wanted.