Hi, I’m Lily, and I live in Houston.

In this order.Curb appeal, fresh paint, clean, well trimmed landscaping, but, try to avoid spending a ton on plants and flowers, etc.Wood(faux) floors(laminate or engineeered) less than $2 per sq for flooring and will be about and extra $2 per sq to install.

Others cover only specific items like the sewer line from the street to the house.As @Maria Flowers so clearly pointed out, it can be used as a tool to not only help with repairs, but eliminate you as the middle man for every little thing as the Tenant can be set up to submit claims and pay the trade call fee if written in the lease to do so.  

@Ivy Flowers Great questions to ask a potential broker!

He got media attention, went to the White House (actually the State of the Union as Melania Trumps guest) and is still traveling the country, going to every state to get people to help him place flags and flowers on the graves of Veterans.

Turning tenants every two years with a long time to rent will kill any potential profit.Julius: "The topic is cash flow."

@Lily Yu    I might not  have a problem with a 5 year old felony depending on what it was and if the record is clean from there. 

We xeriscape  the front yards on our sfr's(rocks, gravel, flowering low water desert plants, bushes, drip systems)  and  leave the back yards to the tenants to care for.  

You don't need to break the bank buying tons of plants and trees and whatnot; just have him mow it nicely, edge the sidewalks, trim the bushes, and cut out a few flower beds.

I love growing flowers so I brought her a small bouquet of flowers from my garden.