I used to buy these for $900, now $1200 or 1300 or higher since you can't find the cheap black any more.BTW I only buy new refer, elec stove, etc.   

Like a missing stove, wouldn't that just lower the amount you could get for the apartment?

If the cut side come up to a stove, and there is a tiny space no one will ever see, I paint it with polyurethane to waterproof instead of the decorative plate. 

Properties with boarded up windows will never pass the Local Village or City's rental inspections and definitely not section 8's    Lately, Section 8 inspection now requires the unit to have working refrigerators and stoves for a unit to pass.  

@Nicholas F. not sure about LA but usually just one is allowed and some cities require that the owner live in either the main house or in-law unit.If you want 2 ADUs, depending on what you plan to do with them, if airbnb short term rental, you may decide to permit one as a game room or bar with just a bathroom and wet bar (no oven or stove).

I recently got news that my first and only rental property was broken into while we've been trying to fill it, and the fridge, stove, washer & dryer were stolen.

I wouldn’t say it would increase because most rental prices assume stove and fridge.Really the way I think about it is that a rental better be dirt cheap if it didnt have appliances like a stove and a fridge.Microwaves, washer and dryer are not always included and therefore can justify a higher rent.

Probably replace the stove top too.

It's definitely a lessoned learned because its going to be more difficult to evict your friends, however the damage is already done with the neighbors, so I would say, do your best to mend those fences by having your friends as well as yourself apologize and offer to pay for repairs.

I am buying my first house hack.I’m almost at closing and the appraisal says the stove in the mother-in-law suite is not up to code and needs to be removed before closing.Is this whole deal dead?