I would check for things that attract pests.Pests, plumbing leaks, are my biggest concerns.I had a tenant once who let water remain on the bathroom floor.

CMBS and Life Insurance debt may now be more attractive than Agency which is hard to believe.Seeing that the vast majority of apartment deals are financed via the two GSEs this will have downstream effects on the market, especially deals that are pending but haven't rate locked and for near future transactions.What are you seeing?

This ends up attracting longer term guests.

@Jonathan Guerrero it depends on the quality of property you have and the tenants you are trying to attract in my opinion. 

Make sure that your lease is triple net and pushes repairs to the tenant.Be advised, they can require some extensive tenant improvements depending on what type of tenant you attract.

So during months of searching and falling in love with numerous houses, we can across an old FL house that had the original pink tub and toilet and terrazzo floors throughout the whole house.

Some things I plan to do to attract the tenant (business person) I’m looking for: adding a home office, charging extra $5 for the 2nd person, and adding somemagazine subscriptions to financial news.

Were you looking to attract college kids for the other units?

Locations with poor indicators will attract poor tenants and the quality of the tenant base is often more important than property you select itself.

I would say I have a talent for attracting and finding great tenants.