Give your tenant a bit of a break in rent to take ownership of it (and the lawn/weekly trash to curb too). 

If so ... we stopped that practice Years ago.... you meet with client one time in office or home and get them pre qualed ... you then set them up on top producer or what ever on line system you have that gives them e mail alerts for their target property.. we have them do the drive by's ( this eliminates the houses they don't like because of curb appeal etc) and in our market the buyers usually have all the school crime walk score etc etc done themselves ..We then show up and only show houses they are really keen on .. rarely show more than 2 or 3 before offer is written.. and NEVER drive them in our cars. 

The biggest boost to my start was buying a 4plex with an FHA loan.

There's obviously price competition, curb appeal, and good management.

The nice thing about renting the property prior to settlement (lease start date must be the day after your purchase settlement day):You start out with a cash flow boost, because you pay mortgage in the "rear" so you have no mortgage due for 30 days, and the rent is paid to you in advance.If you purchase a property with no money down, than this setup creates a situation where  you have a free month of rent at the time of settlement, in other words "you get paid" for purchasing the property.

It would boost federal tax revenue in the short term then cause a major shock to the market.

The wholesaler will really help boost your ROT and in turn the ROI will go up because you are able to get more accomplished. 

Google Earth shows a home with fairly good curb appeal.

- Are there other factors, like curb appeal, floor plan, schools, do you care about rental rates, price range, etc?

This 4k improvement will greatly increase the curb appeal.