5) Repeat as desiredThere is an old saying from a famous general: "Never take counsel of your fears".

For instance, if you have old cabinets, a lot of times you can refinish them, paint them, or change the doors and they look brand new.

Have either of y'all seen any instances where this type of transition was built into the offer or contract?

For instance, you might want to consider using Call Rail which provides separate numbers so you can track campaigns.Also, if you are driving for dollars, Deal Machine is a powerful tool to track those leads.

🚧When thinking of renovations, the contractor's price per unit will be lower the higher the number of units, and the same for suppliers of renovation materials – flooring, appliances, doors, siding, paint, etc...For instance, we order in bulk for all of our renovations and keep inventory and for doing so we get large discounts.

I could probably count on one hand the number of times something has been stolen, but I can't even remember an instance.

@Stephen DeThample not just the HOA increases, but in some instances the current HOA rates. 

Not knocking anyone, just being to the point as much of the advice is not focused for this specific market/ instance, St Cloud is a really "unique" place in the universe. 

For instance, if tenants don't pay the water bill, will you get a lien placed on you as the owner?

In some instances you may be able to recover fees and litigation expenses from tenants when matters are required to go before the Court.