To be safe with anything except a fairly new house, you’d really need to excavate around the house, parge the outside of the foundation with an asphalt/tar product, install a dimpled plastic membrane over that, and then on the inside, fastidiously install rigid foam on the floor and walls, spray foam/tape all seams, etc… Then frame, then drywall.Seems ungodly expensive.

Stacking plastic makes me sick to my stomach.

We let this slide but we expect the full size patio with no additional charge.

Vernon Triangle and NoMA, accessible to multiple metro stations, walkable to everything, has laundry, parking, a fenced patio and I feel its generally a pretty awesome unit.

my classic was the tenant complaining of mold around the windows.. go and check it out and they haveand they have ruined the blinds and put up foil and plastic and so you had all this moisture  and when the mold started they were scrubbing it and ended up ruining the sheet rock try to rub the mold out..  

@Connie Stainbrook not only do we have hangers in all closets - they are actual wood hangers (I hate the plastic ones).

For a special outswing patio door, was able to order on a Friday night at Menard's and the door was ready Wednesday.

If just yours are gone and others remain, it's being done by your competition.Full disclosure, in my area if I see one of those cheap plastic signs that says "We Buy Houses" on it, it is HISTORY

I know screening will take care of a lot of that but we are also are doing small, value-add and curb-appeal additions to attract them as well: we added a fence to the property and separated the yard and patio for each tenant to have their own private space.Would love your tips/tricks -- Any cheap upgrades that tenants love?

I have read a couple books, I'm extremely quick with numbers and I have spent some legwork around the area.Here is my possible deal:House is listed MLS for 45kWent by, looks pretty solid, a little cosmetic damage on the outside but still a 1k sqft, 1car detached and patio w/ bd accessHouse sold 16 months ago at 80kHouse is appraised by the county at 70kNeighborhood is pretty decent, Zillow lists most houses on the block at 90kRecent sales also support this.My questions:County tax records indicate that a mortgage company is the registered owner and has paid taxes on it, but I cannot find it in their REO listings.