We stage ours lightly with curtain sheers, hand towels, rugs, silk plants, no furniture.

Replace the crazy looking bush and its dead friend with 5 dwarf nandinas and then a perennial flower that loves sun in front of them.  

(My wife also would rather I take her out to eat instead of "waste" money on flowers that die in a week.)You don't have to answer these questions, they are just food for thought.

., mowing, etc.) and gardening (one property has rose bushes and a few other flowers)?

The usual process seems to be taking a sows ear and turning it into a silk purse.

It is heartening to see tenants make their rental their *home*, when they plant pretty flowers in the beds, flower pots on the porches, keep everything tidy and trimmed, put nice seasonal decorations up.  

I did have quad tenants break the toilet tank lid and stick plastic flowers in it, jamming and causing a month long toilet leak.  

Hi,I'm a real estate agent and investor in Dallas, working with residential real estate in various Dallas suburbs - Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Irving, Coppell, Fort Worth, Justin, Keller, Colleyville, Southlake etc.  

I am in that camp ...) unlimited ice melt for each unit in winter (again, win/win as they can fling away if they find a slick spot, reducing risks and helping)) flower baskets hung in spring (then I even let them adopt an annual to water so I don't have to drive by and check them)...) responsive service and active maintenance ( maintenance is also about tenant satisfaction, so I try not to lose a good tenant due to a slow drain, broken closet, loose door knob, etc)Finally, I think it was Leigh Robinson (or maybe Jay P.

Hello!  I have been researching REI over the past year and have ran into a few nay sayers warning me of the risks that come with investing in real estate.  I have decided to seek council from those who have actually d...