Provide laundry machines or not?

[Jeanette J.]

My husband and I bought a fixer upper duplex (both sides) and it's been rough. We've just about finished with one side and would like to get it rented so we can at least get some sort of income while we fix up the other side. The problem we're having is that we would like to provide a washer and dryer for our tenant, but we can only fit a 24" stack-able unit in the 2bd/1ba unit. Apparently those are really hard to find.
My question is: I'm pretty sure we can get $850 for the unit with a W/D. Since it seems the cheapest one we can find is about $1000 new (can't seem to find a used one for much less), should we go ahead and install it, or should we reduce the rent? How much should we reduce the rent?
We're first time landlords and this has always been a dream of mine. I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks!!