A solid strategy is to look at recently renovated properties in the same neighborhood that have sold and compare their finishes, square footage, and layout to your potential investment.As for value-adds, some of the biggest ARV boosters I’ve seen include:•Adding extra bedrooms/bathrooms if the layout allows•Upgrading kitchens & bathrooms (modern finishes, quartz/granite countertops)•Improving curb appeal (landscaping, exterior paint, new doors/windows)•Enhancing tenant experience (in-unit laundry, smart locks, better lighting)If you’re serious about making moves, I’d love to help—I can even fund your project if you’re looking for financing.

Make everything neutral (decor and lighting) and get new pics.  

Looking into getting my hands dirty and doing light rehabs or updates.  

The guy that turns on and off the lights in the P&G lobby has a couple million in stock.

I incorporated smart home technology, such as automated lighting, heating, and security systems, which is highly desirable in today’s market.

I walked all the nearby comps, gave the seller my opion/list of what his property was "missing" (fenced yard, light staging, add a 3 board fence panel and landscaping here...) and advised him to get a surveyor to mark the lot corners...The previous agent had not suggested they get a surveyor to mark the lot corners when he bought the property to flip....there's a chance the house or driveway may encroach the neighboring property.  

Above are just hypotheticals, but they bring to light the point, which is, evaluating opportunities requires apples to apples comparisons. 

Hey Tyler we hate to hear that your experience was negative sincerely we would have hoped that we could have come to a resolution we know that you and your partner had made a request that we do $800 of work that was unfortunately not in your scope of work at the time we had exhausted $4900 in additional work to ensure the property was to satisfaction which included a new hood range upgraded lvp flooring additional framing  new window and a paint upgrade from a single color format to a multi color format and can lighting all of which was never in the original scope and unfortunately when we requested that we do the work you declined I’ve attached before and after videos of the home for reference https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h0ddll4cyp5g5gq12o73s/Video-J... always twos sides to these stories.. 

@Denise Evans should have some great insight on this.And, maybe shed some light on the anti-squatter legislation that governor mee-maw signed a while back.

Caulking a bathtub for a plumber is the easiest job he could charge money for, short of charging to lite a pilot light on a furnace or water heater.