But usually it’s by the post-punk-alt crowd, not 2 well dressed ladies with kids.

For the OP it doesn’t matter the state it doesn’t matter how short her dress is or how much you want to think great thoughts for someone.  

I ended up in a bidding war against, of all people, an elderly man dressed like an extra in Fiddler on the Roof.

Also dress well and of course be polite and if they don't want to talk, don't force it.

  #2 Dress very casually like basic jeans, t-shirt, jacket. #3 Do not try to make friends, instead be cordial and respectful #4 Like Jay Ballman said definitely hire a property manager and never reveal your secret identity as the property owner

If I had to, I would kick all the tennants out, dress up the park, start over and get it filled-up.

I have seen some driveways dressed up with bricks or pavers on either side of the driveway.  

I walked away from six figures (and the meetings, travel, 9-5 cubicle, dress code, silly coworkers that should have been terminated before I was born, customers who should have been dropped when their third PO failed to materialize, annual budgets that arbitrarily increase and most importantly of all the 3% annual salary bump regardless of how much $$$ I earned the company).Starting in 2009 I formed a company LaPlante Business Services Inc to purchase and renovate foreclosures and manage them as rental properties in Toledo, OH.

We sell more homes in Missouri than any other brokerage.....My team sells more homes in this neighborhood than any other brokerage....I'm not a fan of the tv shows, but you see a lot of young agents on them.....so maybe model some of them.You be You, but if dressing professionally is you and respected in your community....then do that, every day, every where....all the time....be the guy who shows up in suit and tie every single time.....probably a reason certain professions wear certain clothes.....doctor in lab coat or scrubs.....banker wearing suit and tie.Study everything you can...know your market, know your inventory, know your neighborhoods, talk to everyone, know your prices.....you do all that and you'll be running circles around everyone else. 

@Noel Orellano - Do you dress that steel up in any way?