That is when you need to replace carpeting, paint walls, replace lights or plumbing fixtures, replace doors and repair windows, etc. 

Give them your business card with phone number and tell them that if you see anything suspicious call the police and you no matter how late or early.Gray area stuff, the home isn't yours and you could be in hot water if the listing agent or seller find out that you placed a cage over the unit before you close so tread very lightly.   

Adding in a light reno will force appreciation even higher.

In the area that I live, it is quite expensive to hire out even simple things like cleaning or changing a light fixture or door handle.

Even if you didn't have a job, the credit and/or DSCR is usually sufficient to get the green light. 

Cold calling/Doorknocking/following up aggressively are all skills that take time to curate and implement effectively. 

I also am thinking about expanding it a bit to replace one sink and replace several light fixtures and switches that I wouldn't worry about a permit if I was just doing one thing at a time.

I have signed contract for SFR on a vacant property. Owner does not live in house and it’s currently empty. Purchase and sale is signed. I have to only wait for bank to complete the closing formalities, but I am confi...

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

Even if you have no common area utilities now, it would be more economical in the future if you ever wanted to add another panel to cover miscellaneous common area lighting, CCTV, etc.