She says sometimes she comes back late after dark and prefer the lights to be on, sometimes she leave early in the morning while it's still bright and would have lights on. 

It requires a lot of trust in online forums like BP, because so much of the turn-key process (buying in another state) is done in the "dark." 

However, you have a lot of dark and heavy furniture in the pictures.

I am so new to the real estate investment would that I think this may have cast a shadow on the bigger picture here... the future!

You do not budge in the dark.

There is like dark color to them now.What materials and asthetics do you go with to avoid any remodeling?

Is it possible @biggerpocketsmods that you could start some sort of rankings for folks...like they post up info in stuff they own and sold or rent out so newbies wouldn’t be so in the dark as to who to listen to...

Is the presence of a flight of stairs or two going to mitigate the dark danger she believes she's in from that source?

I think it misses one of the most important elements though, the human factor.A burly ex Navy Seal will have a much different attitude about venturing into the hood than someone who is generally afraid of their own shadow.

Try some new photos and keep in mind lighting (not too heavy on the shadows).