With a new sink, paint, and barely used stove our new resident loves it.  

When you don't, it might be $200 because you need to replace a stove ($700 - $500) or it might be ($6000) because you need to replace the roof ($700 - $6700).

The upstairs unit is all electric (baseboard heat, electric stove, etc) and the downstairs unit has gas for the stove and furnace and the one hot water heater.

It's just like providing the fridge or stove, if it breaks or quits on the tenant then you have to go out and get them another one.

I looked at the guidelines and they mentioned that broken windows, missing stove, hanging wires are all reasons for it to not be approved.

For example, does the stove work well, is the plumbing fully operational, do all sinks, toilets, and laundry drain properly.

We did have extra insulation, nicer cabinets and stoves/dishwashers, better floors-always ceramic instead of linoleum etc, solard reflective screens on windows.

Consider staging the house with furniture, but at a bare minimum put a stove and refrigerator in the kitchen.

6 Fridges,6 Stoves,Coin-Op W&D,New Sep.Hydro Meters!

I was initially still in the mindset that Detroit might be a little too high risk, but it actually seems the economy there is on the mend, and I think this new revenue stream will certainly help boost it even further.