It's their fault, and the power lies with them to reverse their poor past choices and pick themselves up a bit by their own bootstraps.You're going to tell these new tenants that what's primarily wrong with them is not a legacy of a crime against humanity in the form of three hundred years of black slavery, followed by an unfunded emancipation that turned a huge number of Americans into desperate economic refugees based on the color of their skin, followed by a legacy of organized race hatred, bigotry, pseudoscientific and religious condemnation, and of course overwhelming and widespread intimidation and coercion, followed by a series of failed half-hearted half-measures coupled with an absolute refusal to consider slave reparations and the most lopsided minority levels of poverty and incarceration in the developed world.You're going to explain to these black folks that all that is of secondary importance, and what's REALLY important now is that they get better managing their money so they can hand it over to you more efficiently and you won't have to work so hard to get it.

Learning curve to deal with contractors in another state, and took way longer than we thought (issues kept popping up that we had been in the dark about), but do-able.

Note that this was before Al Gore invented the internet (LOL) so info availability was in the dark ages compared to now.

@Perig Vennetier, I am finally happy to see someone talking about these crowfunding sources in the "light" and not the darkness that tend to exist in.

It is about $250 to do - and you can pick the color from just about any national brand color chart. 

I've found some laminate/vinyl stair caps, but they're ridiculously expensive for what they are and we're trying to match the floors and the caps have very limited color options.If you've done something that works, would you have any pictures to show as well?

Like you want to be a Ninja come in the dark, unseen, a killer, and swoop in the night and steal the deal. 

Hi Wesley,There are furniture repair finish restoration contractors who use hot melted color sticks and stains to blend scratches in fine furniture. 

Paint the cabinets a solid color that coordinates with the counters (which look new) and replace the missing drawer, add cheap cabinet hardware, a microwave/hood combo and do a tile shower surround or replace the surround with one that isn't so drab.

I wouldn’t ever pay extra for better cabinets or special color countertops.