Color of the roof shingles has that look when the shingles get a lot of sun and need replacing.The picture from the front shows steps and looks like the driveway needs power washing.

I believe that if given the right tools tenants can be a power tool to helping identify and stop problems before they become big issues.To help make this a bit more forum friendly, I will adapt my questions a bit, but here is what I am curious about 2 different areas: Digital Move-inWhen tenants move in and submit damage reports for their rooms, do they do it digitally?

So now bring in the electrician to dig a trench and run new 220v cables from junction box to the pump EXCEPT by now the pool is disgusting because there's no pump clearing out the water... the city actually can charge a penalty for having a "dark" pool due to safety issues of a kid falling in and no being able to see the bottom...so, we had to drain the pool extra cost about $300 or so if I remember. 2)  So now after draining the pool, putting in the new pump with new wiring and re-filling the pool with thousands of gallons of water that isn't free (not too mention I live in CA with the drought and my conscience is screaming at me about the waste)...we find that the pool is constantly being re-filled by the "auto fill"...somewhere, somehow there's a leak and we're wasting even more water and money...so, I had to call in a leak detection specialist who thankfully found the leak at the filter and not in the actual pool itself...Another $1,500 in unexpected costs.So, long story short, fixing up the pool cost about the same as removing it, refilling with sod, getting a new fence but now we have a nice updated pool and it should help the value a little bit when we go to sell.

While I cannot require that, the power of suggestion helps often and the results are incredible!

Their ambition gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity.

They are everywhere and in Texas, HOAs have quite a bit of power.  

I'm just assuming here but the more work that needs to be done to a property the more negotiating power you have to lower the purchase price right? 

If you're in Oregon I'd look at solar power.

There is Major Power in Doing a Recorded Conference Call When Raising Money I already posted about this so I'll just link to that here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/26...

That is a powerful sentence, thank you for the encouragement.