Quote from @Desiree Mendes: Hi.

The fact that in the unit you’re buying the toilets flush and the stove gets hot is wonderful.  

Spend a day shampooing a soiled carpet and scrubbing out a stove or shower. 

It depends on the demographic of your tenant as well.Electric is preferred for landlord over gas stoves due to liability and tenant trying to heat the place with the oven in certain cases.

Our apartment complex had a policy packet that was 16 pages,, included everything , also had a page with moveout cleaning charges like clean the stove was $125.00 , missing blinds were $35.00 for window, 85.00 for patio, clean window were $15.00 each for example.It gave noise requirements, where to dispose of trash, what was acceptable for trash, and listed charge for any large items left like couch was $50.00 to dispose of, mattress $25.00 box spring $25.00 so we were covered if they put any large items out.It covered roommate changes to lease, what a lease buyout fee was, how to pay your rent, how to give proper notice, late fee charges, charges to change lock,, how much lock out charge was to come and open your door. 

Nice @Vic Veeramani - we've been Seattle/Tacoma for almost a decade, but are originally from the Cupertino/San Jose area.Usually a dwelling unit (like a MIL or ADU) become a dwelling unit in the city's eyes because it has a kitchen, specifically a stove.  

Even simple things like refrigerators, stoves and toilets may be new to them.

We try to mend it with either stitches, medicine, or bandages, in an attempt to make it heal so it'll go away.  

And a gas stove needs a bit more care being hooked up. 

The point of the article was to introduce a thought experiment to help folks who financially suffer under common misconceptions, as millions of aspiring homeowners are romantic about real estate, and spend more than they budgeted for that bigger house or bigger yard, or a chefs stove that is a total and utter SUNK COST, and then justify it by parroting that "Your home is your biggest investment" expression.