I thought about doing some colored stone on the front patch and sort of caging it with chicken wire (to hopefully prevent people from picking up the chips and throwing them, etc).  

Ok, I know my limitations and as a first venture into RE investing, this isn't anything that I could do; however, I know of at least 3-4 investors that could potentially be interested in this; however, there is a tremendous amount of due diligence I would need to do, before I brought it to them to view.Unfortunately, I saw this property about 6-8 weeks ago, and I looked it up, and saw that it was owned by what looked like an investment holding company of some sort.

Here is what I do know:Short saleAsking price is $89kListed for 223 days (sellers could be motivated and may come down on price)3/2 on a corner lot, 1,164 square feetRoof looks good, outside needs new fence, some paint, landscapingA/C needs to be replacedComps sold recently between $120k and $130kIf I make an offer at $80k, put in $20k for repairs, I could possibly sell for $130k and walk with $30k profit.

Then, are the sort of properties your buyers want to buy?  

Same with making sure garbage or recycling are properly sorted, otherwise, you get a fine! 

The seller is motivated and is also offering seller financing (terms unknown at this time).  

It gives me motivation that some one actually cares.

It's so simple.Personally, I have a spreadsheet of names and contact information sorted by genre of work they do.

I envision this to develop into some sort of referral network.

@Vincent Grant Thank you so much for the kind words of motivation.