Apartment living, they would need to put in some maintenance request, potentially wait days for fix, potentially need to leave work to deal with maintenance man, etc. 

@Brock Bonnicksen It isn’t uncommon to put in a lease a clause that covers sewer drains that requires tenants to pay the cost for stoppages except for those that are caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or acts of nature

You still need to put in the work.

If you’re in a place like Chicago and you walk into a warm unit the tenants are automatically put in a good mood.

Any credit for the time we’ve put in?

Today, the “flood house” is the best cashflowing property in my portfolio (the cashflow potential is a major reason I put in so much effort to fixing the problem).Every time I hear someone mention REI as a “passive” form of investing, I smile and think back to when I was knee-deep in mud, excavating truckloads of clay by hand, one bucket at a time through a basement window.

I've known about bigger pockets for some time, and after listening to a dozen or so podcasts in the past couple of weeks, I find myself distracted at work creating an account. 

I'd list it now, take some close up photo's a exterior, and do a sketch of the floor plan to put in the posting ad, and when they call for appointment let them know its being worked on and you will have it ready by move in date.

We put in a Mitsubishi 18 single head.  

You don't just have to do bare minimum stuff to get it up to code using renovation financing, you can put in hardwood floors, new windows, etc.They will not let you add silly things that wont add value (giant unicorn statue in the front yard, etc), but if it's something a reasonably intelligent landlord would want to put in, it'll probably be ok to include it in the reno because things that increase rent tend to also be things that increase value.