I applaud you wanting to add value and improve quality of life for tenants...

Hello BP, What are the some things/strategies that you've come across that have helped improve your business?

Do not be attached to the outcome.I have a VA call finance companies within a 100 mile radius of where I live and ask if they have non-performing paper.

It might take 5 years, maybe 10 but the place is rapidly changing and improving. 

I understand that the ultimate go/no go decision is mine alone so I perform checks on the info provided.Believe it or not, I did not make this post to whine. 

Someone who has a proven track record to perform quickly and is INVESTOR FRIENDLY.

For a small house, I think you can get close to or at $50K if you remove some of the labor costs by DIY and ignore some things like permit costs, tap fees, other site improvements.

At my current status, I could only use stated income for acquision, and have limited means to cashout refi after improvement.

The tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter the dwelling unit from time to time in order to inspect the premises; make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supply agreed services; and exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors.

You may let them know that you had budgeted funds for rehabbing the home including landscape but that if you have to cover the back HOA fees you will not be able to improve the looks of the neighborhood as much as you want to.