Outside of that, you can do niceties like fancy faucets, but you can't really change the important things - location of the house on the lot, safety of the neighborhood, proximity to work/shopping, noise & pollution factors, etc. 

That got me thinking about what effect something like that would have on the ability to rent out units considering the potential for noise.  

I also have leads coming out my ears for people who are willing to sell their properties for 40% - 80% of market value.

I'm still in the education phase so I'm all ears.

Picked it up as the court ordered the sale and cut it off before it was ever listed, but it would have been, So, they will show up in listings.However, I'm not familiar with nthese sites, so can't say, but I have never seen a "listing" that was a great deal, The broker or agent always jacks the price, since that is alos in their best interest.I think the best deals come from keeping an ear to the ground, what's in the grapevine and knowing people in the area you're interested in.

I send them a letter to keep an ear out for landlords that want to sell.

Loan brokers/officers if you have a better deal available, I'm all ears. 

Anyone else want to chime in, I'm all ears :)

You count your worries in your mind and stack them on top of each other, kind of like counting sheep.The problem is in the middle of the night little things seems big just like a little noise can make you wonder.

If you have 100 homes nad your own employees maybeJust for the average John/Jane Doe, a property manager is a hit or miss thing and you cannot keep your eyes and ears on the pulse of a property with an annual visit,.