No matter what you do or try to do, you will never be able to improve your neighbor's property.  

From some articles I have read though it sounds like exterior upgrades tend to have pretty good ROI, replacing the front door with a nice new steel one in a color that works well with the house, and new siding (or stucco or brick treatment) can be quite a good improvement in the look, that usually has pretty good ROI.

The profile of such owners are usually out of state land owners - who have owned (or inherited) the property for a while and they think the property have little or no value.

Some of us are starting out, some are just getting our feet wet (done a few deals like me) and some have been featured on pod casts like @Anson Young.You can use the search feature to find "wholesaler Denver" and then from the results select people in the left column and you will see all of us that have wholesaler and Denver in our profile.

But you can't give any guarantees to the seller.If you leave the tenant buyer to their own devices and do not consul them on improving their FICO score and their debt to income   But doesn't look good for you as a lease option agentI recommend you look at upgrademycredit.com and ask for Blair Warner, who has a huge amount of experience helping people increase their FICO Score, and in  loan origination in generalAnd he resides in the great state of Texas, but does increasing of FICO score consulting business in all 50 states.

Replacing a window is a capitalized expense, the landlord is to depreciate that improvement, a residential tenant can not depreciate it and not treating the expense/improvement properly for taxes becomes a matter of filing false returns.

I'm really looking for something to do the first take on a property so I don't spend time digging into deals that are no good from the beginning due do the neighborhood profile or other factors. 

@George CalbertHi George,A bunch of us are in a similar situation - living in Korea but wanting to invest in the US.We ended up forming a meetup - if you're interested in learning about it check out my profile for the URL.We've had a bunch of BP folks visit virtually and give us tips, etc.Most of the investors in our group either:* Have Turnkey investments* Have people on the ground watching their investments* Or in my case, formed a JV with people I met through BPIt's always a risk to do business with someone overseas without meeting them.

It's hard to see how the small advantage of a few weeks is worth the unbounded liability of operating without insurance.2) The seller may discover prior to closing that their property has been improved.

You can check out his profile for contact info or pm me for details.