There aren’t as many of the store front with uppers in the community that my business is established in available that I see in my drives around the area.

Usually what will give you more value is adding a room. laminate, tiles, hardwood flooring > Carpet , Stainless appliances > Non Stainless  , Granite Countertop > non granite   .... if you rent to normal working class and middleclass renters they don't know if you bought the laminate flooring for $1/sqf  at your local hardware store or $3.99/sqf imported from italy.  

@Daniel Francoeur We concur re: the screening element of a security deposit.

Some more experienced...some less but in any case aligning yourself with smart and motivated individuals is a huge element to success.

You can only separate out non-structural non-permanent elements of a residential rental. 

Their existed stores seemed nice and well decorated with the theme.

They did nothing but got in a dollar general store & then a day care center that has since expanded into another section.

By "convenient" I mean a few minutes closer to work, stores and family/friends.

Ex: re-use stores, good contractors, home improvement loan options. 

@Richard WilkeI realized after finishing my bookkeeping for the year that I spent way more than I expected at one of the chain home improvement stores...