Most of my clients are doing little things to make it rent-ready, like maybe updating electric when adding a pool heater, changing pool to salt systems for less maintenance, landscaping, paint while decorating, etc. . .

Still worth reading in my opinion, as long as you know the seller financing landscape is completely different now from a regulatory perspective. 

This is above cosmetic improves and include building a deck and installing new landscaping including a large pave stone patio.

Sure the vacancies are higher, and I don't have any new landscaping in the low rent multi-families.

That includes the typical stuff like a full paint job, replacing all of the flooring, replacing kitchen counter-tops with low-grade stuff, making various minor plumbing repairs, minor electrical repairs, replacing a door or two, landscaping, and stove and dish-washer.

For example I used to have a landscaping construction and maintenance company, and they gave me about a dozen different data points for each neighbourhood in Calgary, things like income, number of homes, rental vs home owners, that type of thing.

Here are my total numbers since closing back in Oct/Nov:Upfront costs: $48,516.46 (closing, downpayment, inspection, appraisal)Mortgage Payments: $7,150.92 (P&I, escrow)PM Distributions: $15,761.66 (rent collected minus repairs, pest, PM fee, gardening/landscaping, etc.)

I'm trying to figure out what the return landscape would look like since these have additional utility expenses, management fees, etc.  

What matters most when you are trying to step up your professionalism is knowing the market in a deep meaningful way, like the traffic patterns, the movements of employers, the local political landscape, demographic shifts, etc.

I loved even better brainstorming with my new tenants about little extras they might want: a fenced dog yard, landscaping, better parking, raised veggie garden beds.It struck me that landlording is a caring profession.