New flooring throughout, 2 completely redone bathrooms, took down walls to open the place up a bit, new doors, fresh paint, some crown, lots of patching, light kitchen remodel that include granite tops and an island with concrete top, new dishwasher and range, new HVAC units, moved some electrical around, new garage door, some fresh landscaping, added a fire pit, and gave the porch a facelift with some new posts.

Based on experience regarding kitchen cabinets, which do people fall in love with.

Those two things alone may make the difference between something sitting on the kitchen table for later and something going strait into recycling.4) Figure out whether someone else has already been saturating the area with direct mail solicitations.

Can the land lord file vandalism charges for two bags of trash in the kitchen, and scribbling on the wall, and demand $100 cash to be paid in 3 days, or tenant be evicted?

They beep when the battery is about to die or when kitchen fumes are abundant.

It depends on price point and how fast things are moving in your market...I stage a few items in the kitchen and bath for pictures...and have some chairs and tables I got at the thrift store ..add bright pillows and a few plants and place on the porch or deck ...again for pictures...I don't do the rest of the house ...

I was wondering what everyone's thought was on this 12 unit apartment complex.Two of the units need completely gutted and rehabbed and the others are just mostly paint, flooring, a few minor bath and kitchen updates.  

All new appliances, new bathroom, new roof, new A/C unit, etc.

You can also state that during your walkthrough you saw that it needs: (a kitchen upgrade, the hvac is old, etc) and state these are things you don't plan on bringing up in the inspection phase.  

For the gas utilities, assuming the mechanicals are in the basement, it's pretty easy to re-plumb heat and hot water appliances from the third floor meter to the second.