Find ways to improve...willing to make changes/adjustments3.

As for painting, improvements, pet ownership and the like, you have the same rights as any other homeowner.

This is a choice, I vet them for being able to buy within the option period, I set them up with a mortgage broker to work with on improving credit, saving, etc, and I make sure they want to actually BUY the house.

Pretty much standard verification on the property the ownership, when I closed, what I paid, improvements to the land etc.

You could offer to make the improvements to the property for an agreed upon price or offer to manage the property as a rental for a percentage of the rental income.

- those are my future tenants and home buyers that will help improve the neighborhood :)As for the other hoods mentioned, Crocker, ingleside, excelsior, outer sunset, etc., yes they are all improving as well.

As long as you used the gift cards all up and promptly, I would probably staple your gift card receipts (showing you paid $90) to all your receipts of items purchased, and then just put it all in as one general journal entry with the $90 to your capital account (or if it came our of your business out of your biz checking account), and then the items you purchase multiplied by 0.9 either to repairs OR to increase the basis of the improvements which you would then depreciate.

I just don't want to waste money over-improving a rental house, which seems like a reasonable desire. 

Some things that tend to get overlooked: - cost of turnovers- quality of residents in there now  and how quickly they pay rent (i.e. might have some late payers) - deferred maintenance - leaks - faucet, tub, toilet - capital improvements (i.e. roof, driveway, etc.) 

Recently, my financial situation has changed and I grew tired of the place I am currently working for and that has caused me to become even more motivated to find a better way to increase and improve my finances.