Can't cook food = not a kitchen = not a house, in Fannie Mae's eyes.Example of a go: 1970s gross yellow wallpaper stained with cigarette smoke, fridge from the 1980s in that yellow color. 

The only problems with this property is the previous owner was a smoker and had cats.

For example a dated kitchen with walls yellow from cigarette smoke and a 60 year old oven is fine, a kitchen that you can't cook food in is not fine -- even if it is otherwise modern, new, and clean. 

I agree with @Mike Dorneman & @Matthew Paul I also do the prescreen telephone interview and only setup a showing when they meet the prescreen criteria of adequate income, no prior evictions, referrals, no smokers and no pets (in my case).

I painted both of the vacant units because there were smokers before and the walls were yellow.

Very run down, heavy smokers.

Smokers and a kennel of dogs destroys properties faster then a tornado. 

Thank you Taylor.I visited the property yesterday after running the numbers: To make matters worse, one of the unit's former tenants were heavy indoors smokers, trashed some doors and toilets, and there was a electric line that was 10 ft from the ground.The upsides that I see:1] Long-term tenant in the next unit, Section 82] Close to the universityAny limitations to rent increases regarding Section 8 tenants?

After the 3rd smoker came out to walk their pit bull, I said hard pass.

It wasn't just cigarette smoke...it was a marijuana stench as well.