First rental after a very nice rehab in Cook County outside of Chicago. 

This isn't a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow business without setting your life up first.

I am currently a cook in a restaurant and have been in the food and beverage industry for the bulk of my knowledge and experience.

Trying to do a 1031 correctly in turbo tax sounds like trying to cook a gourmet meal using the ingredients from a lunch able. 

After my grandmother sold her house, she rented for 5 years when she was in her mid-late 80s until she moved to a place where she didn't have to cook. 

I'm very busy with business and having time to cook healthy meals have been a challenge.  

Tenant says it because when she cooks all the smoke alarms 🚨 in the house 🏡 go off.Of course I want her to put them back.What would you do ?

Years later, after accumulating a patina of filth, tobacco tar, or cooking grease, the ceiling was painted in latex paint, incompetently, with inadequate or no cleaning and of course no primer to speak of.

Hey Taron, I recommend Kathryn Cook-Crespo and @Kevin Stringari with Bottom Line realty. 

If the compition demands a higher refurbishment (counter tops, and cabinets) then do that, but just a refresh on this unit (from the pics) looks like paint and LVP might be enough.I'd leave the cabinets and counter tops brown (unless competition dictates redoing them).Also a daylight bulb in the kitchen of the highest wattage the fixture will hold might make the area look better when you show it.The less income the resident has, the more bulb wattage they seem to like in the kitchen (they cook at home more).Good Luck!