People seem to measure your success/value/achievement with your house, and neighbor quality, to an extent, improves with house value.

The opportunity to rehab a property, make money, and improve the community.

The opportunity to rehab a property, make money, and improve the community.

Ask your lender if there are some quick fix things that can be done to improve your credit score so that you can benefit from better pricing. 

Again, not to say your screening cant' be improved but it isn't always screening.  

But regarding improvements that increase the value of a property they are "capital expenses" they should not show up in any evaluation of profit and loss (income and expenses).

Mercury tanning facility, etc...Pay attention to this upfront>>>Quality, quantity and availability of well water, soil perk sample from around the site, availability of LP year round, availability of cellular, and internet.Pay attention to this upfront>>>How far (cost and time) will it be to run electric to the site, and how much electric can the power company provide without having to make major super costly improvements (that they will charge you for in cash upfront before doing the work).

You can improve the property and receive the full "After Repair Value" of the property when you purchase it.  

Consider How They Advertise PropertyOne of the reasons for hiring an expert to manage your property is to improve tenant occupancy.

For some reason, the "improvement" part of it nearly doubled, and as a result my taxes have basically doubled from 2021 till 2022.