Clar, Springdale, and Little Flower areas which bodes well for your strategy.

Flowers, bottle of fancy bubbles, gift cards...  

Allowing pets has also led to some significant mishaps and disturbances.Best remedy for preventing cats from pooping in the flower beds: lay down chicken wire under the top dressing... cats will scratch once and leave it alone, as it catches their claws, but doesn't hurt them.

So, I decided that I liked it enough to put some money in the deal as well.Some of the repairs we made:Ripped out nasty carpet and installed new laminateRipped out sheet vinyl and installed new ceramic tileNew toilets and hardware in bathroomsInstalled new privacy fence where neededPainted entire interiorReplaced all baseboardsCleaned up flower beds and put pine straw inCut  down tree in back yard that was damaging the old fenceHad house and all concrete soft washedAdded CO monitorsLots and lots of cleaning...  

Water rates in Lebanon are among the highest in the state and one tenant has been watering dead flowers since we took over 2 days ago.

I have had a particularly difficult time finding a landscaper that is willing to come out on a regular basis and maintain grass and flower beds.

All the flowers that were planted in the front yard were gone.

Depending on the amount of painting and cleaning required, a unit might not be able to be placed in service until painting or cleaning was complete, but you could reasonably place a unit in service with old door locks, no flowers, and a non-functioning garage door opener. 

Plant some perennial flower beds and some flowering trees.

For the past few years, I have paid a company to mow the lawn weekly, but their prices for general upkeep (maintaining the flower beds, pulling weeds and trimming hedges are outrageous).