We had to add backyard landscaping, and created a basement apartment.

It has really grown and still has plenty of room for expansion. 

A “Standard” cosmetic rehab we include: All New Flooring (carpet and hard surface floors), Interior and Exterior paint, baseboards, electrical and plumbing fixtures, new kitchen and bathrooms (including cabinets, granite, appliances), blinds and window treatments, doors and a little bit of landscaping such as a flower bed or some plants.

Some I've tried: Amazon FBA, Craigslist, Amazon retail arbitrage, landscaping, UBER/Lyft, part-time retail jobs.Mark Cuban would tell you - go be a bartender...

Rehab: $6400, this included painting the entire interior, repair front porch concrete, landscaping, new doors, new electrical panel, and a ton of miscellaneous items. 

Also in my contracts so far I do the landscaping therefore own a mower for it.

.- $2,500 landscaping.- $3,800 asphalt drive way.  

.$50/month for landscaping and snow removal sounds low.

To justify the increase in rents, we improve the outside first and give it a better curb appeal - examples will be blacktop the driveway, put a new sign, put better landscaping.

Cut back tons of overgrowth, added new exterior paint, new front porch, landscaping, sidewalks around house, new water heater, improved drainage, and set plans for rent increases over the next 1-2 years.