If the cabinet bottoms are still ratty, either cover with a stick-on vinyl or a coat of quality latex enamel once clean and dry.

Some applicants for my house told me that they called the prop. mgmt company for the house across the street and were told by the mgmt co. that the current tenants there aren't cooperating with the showings, so the applicants were never able to see the inside of the house.I have something in my lease about this issue, but it doesn't really have any teeth in it right now.

As in Jeremiah 13 "The fathers ate unripe grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge," I'm not sure if morally it is right.

But, as stated, it was very much a learning experience, and coming out of it with all my teeth, is icing on the cake!

As someone who cut his teeth in automotive service, a certain phrase always set off the bs detector. - "ive been doing this for xx years".

After thinking it through from a profit vs. what we liked, we went ahead and prepped the woodwork and enameled it.The house still has much of its original style, while still profitable.

Using any other exemption from registration, you lose the affirmative statutory defense, and are at the mercy of interpretation of securities, trade, and commerce laws by a judge and jury, with attorneys more than willing to represent borrowers who will lie through their teeth about what was discussed before they invested.

Do you guys recommend spaying the existing trim and doors with enamel white paint if it is in decent shape?

We cut our teeth on land lording with just one tenant and learned a lot!

Your tenant is lying through her teeth.