Small items may not.  

Collect and track information on leads obtained from drip campaigns and conversations in individual lead file.Route inbound calls and record calls in the lead’s file.Automatically populate lead database with information from website contact form / squeeze page and initiate drip campaign.

@Kevin Cespedes Go to the local zoning board and see if the property is zoned for such a conversion.

@John Pflederer, just a thought and I know this goes against why you have a property manager to do these things, but can you set up a contractor/worker to do some of these smaller, high-expense items like the salt, instead of letting the PM coordinate?

But they probably will require at some point an itemized rehab budget. 

Make sure each part of the job is itemized also try to separate out labor and materials if possible. 

The marketing and initial conversation says one thing, then your end loan result feels vastly dissimilar.

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In addition, many landlords avoid conversations with their tenants. 

I learned from BiggerPockets which rehab items were worthwhile and the expected costs.