The fact that this was an all brick house with new windows and roof made it appealing.

A good first step is just looking at the property and the neighborhood on Google Earth and seeing how the property looks, is the house unkempt, how appealing is the neighborhood, etc. 

A good tip is to use colors that appeal to a broad audience.

From an aesthetic standpoint, I would not leave them.

Getting a degree in business had no value to me because working in banking or as an accountant did not appeal to me.

Thought was to get property owner financed- get someone in it.. put away the positive cash flow and get the curb appeal of the property up.

Perhaps you could appeal to his laziness.If you must re-key, My mobile locksmith guy charges $60 to come rekey and about $2.50 per key. 

This sounds appealing as our bread and butter and success has come from RE, but of course to buy the best upside deals, one has to have a minimum level of capital - so this creates challenges with growing something rapidly in a Coverdale, because the annual contribution limit(s) are $2k/child. 

Cabins lend themselves more to that aesthetic than condos.Even though this area is getting more attention than it historically has from investors, it's still attainable to hit a 20% cash on cash return.

With Cubs appeal, can cover the entire years costs in a few short months.As for condos in general, some of the cons are the hoa.