Broken furniture, a 1998 32-inch TV that weighs 317 pounds, hangers, some old eggs and an empty pizza box in the fridge, nothing cleaned, etc.

You can charge a premium for a furnished room (bed with mattress, night stand, dresser, desk with chair and mini fridge is what I equip all my rooms with).  

Plus you can put your eyes on the property and see what potential issues might be coming up....drippy faucets, loose handrails, noisy fridge, cracked windows, Etc.

I had to replace a heater, stove and two fridges immediately after closing.

Ain't nobody who puts their money in mutual funds ever cursed the Amish for a bad roofing job or walked a busted, maggot-infested fridge with no doors down three floors.

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Always make a video of unit and see minor issues that stick out as you do your walk through and store it in your phone.Electric - make sure outlets are working properly paint/compounddoorsknobs/hingesflooring etcmoldingswindowscabinetsappliances properly workingall trash to be thrown outreglaze tubsilicone around tubdeep cleaning always necessary everything out of cabinets and fridges

I would buy a used fridge, stove and dishwasher (check the space dimensions) on CL for ~ $250 each.

People are floating their stuff on air mattresses and in fridges.

you would like true hard wood floors instead of an engineered hard wood, that 1200 fridge is nice but that 2200 fridge is the one you really love. 1. define a scope of work-- the biggest problem is people just give generic info to contractors and say make it nice.