So nice to read a happy story.

If the landlord uncovered it, I’d just uninstall it and tell them to take it out of my deposit.I can’t imagine this working well at a large apartment complex like where I live.

Hard to tell based on the distant picture but it looks pretty good to me "as is"Your mindset for a rental vs a flip or personal residence has to be different...... you want it decent, visually presentable and durable....but not so nice that you are wasting $$ or are going to be pissed when the tenant damages or destroys it...because they will.....not IF, but how bad.......I would not paint those cabinets....re-stain at best.

Now, I'm back to square one, looking for contractors who aren't total sissies who will be willing to remodel a house in a not-so-nice neighborhood, and do it quick.I'm pretty sure I don't have any legal resource due to caveat emptor and all that, but I would like to end this with a summary of some lessons that I've learned from this: When investing in a property that needs work, make sure that you have a good network of contractors established who can do the work, (or, you can do it yourself) and make sure you understand everything that needs to be done to the property.Real-estate can be a slimy business, with slimy people, especially when dealing with distressed properties, or properties in bad neighborhoods. 

Educating yourself, taking action, finding the deal, working the deal and a job, finishing the house so nicely, making a good profit, quitting your job (because you could, not too early), and ramping up the number of deals!

All good after week 1 and no real surprises......always the most tenuous part when demo starts and what will be uncovered. 

It's so nice not having to fumble around with keys and never need to worry about keys and the tenants never need to worry about locking themselves out. 

One issue uncovered a multitude of others...uncovering my mid life crisis and my internal struggle with myself much like the film.

If that couple had applied for my high end SFH rental, they would have been the clear favorites b/c they were so nice, professional, and had the income to be in a better neighborhood.My partner was of the mindset OHMYGODIT'STHEGHETTOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.

because they know there is a big problem that has been uncovered.