I'm one of the rare individuals on this forum that is not interested in enlarging my footprint and can see myself selling in a few years so my goal is to increase property value.

We will also renovate units on tenant turnover.On rare occasions we have had to provide a notice of termination to a tenant who did not wish to move into a rehabbed unit (and pay the higher rent).Be certain to study up on your local landlord tenancy law before undertaking such an adventure.  

I have a little inbound marketing going with FB combined with whatever my realtor is doing (mostly MLS syndication, I believe) and was wondering if anyone else has had luck doing outbound marketing and sales to investment companies and other fiduciaries?

RARELY will you see something crack the 1% barrier (at least off the MLS) and usually it's gonna need some serious rehab and remodeling.

I think the reason is that your repairs tend to come from multiple categories: very cosmetic(carpet) to fairly substantial (new kitchen cabinets and appliances) to major systems (HVAC, roof, electrical) but rarely falls squarely into just one of those three categories.

But, that rarely happens without some probing questions by the agent.As I said, a short sale should almost NEVER take more than 45 days, 60 at the absolute most, unless the agent or the seller are at fault.

Any one of those or all three combined can make a property worth acquiring.

For 2018-2025, however, the TCJA limits itemized deductions for personal state and local property and income taxes to a combined total of only $10,000 ($5,000 for those who use married filing separate status).

My lease is a combination of the BP Connecticut lease, the standard lease template for my region and a few personal touches. 

It was a cool tool 10 years ago but I rarely go there any more.