The best value with respect to cost is in higher end areas or where the land scaping can be significantly improved at a low cost.In most areas the improved landscaping will provide the better return, but probably not a great return.  

If you put 20% down vs 10% the numbers improve by about $500/month.  

There are other ways to invest - buying a property with owner financing, buying a fixer-upper with cash and living in it while making improvements and get a mortgage later, or pooling money with others.

His POV is that he’d rather have the cost of all the improvements built into the monthly mortgage payments than spend the time and credit card/debt to complete improvements on a fixer.

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I want vendors I can be lifelong clients of--improves our trust levels.

My moms credit score is not the hottest on the block but it is improving.

It can introduce yourself as the new owner or property manager, explain why you are raising rents (all of the improvements you are doing and the increased costs), provide a comp of rent values as evidence and offer a few different options.

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