In Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelright, he talks about doing cost segregation for all of the pre-existing stuff like cabinets, appliances, floor coverings, parking lots, fences, landscaping, etc.

For example, talked to someone the other day and find out about a cabinet supplier I didn't know of that should save us quite a bit without sacrificing quality at all.

All cosmetic stuff, cabinets, counters, floors, paint etc....Thanks!

If a buyer wants a new kitchen and you find mold when you tear a cabinet out, what happens?

During our initial walk-thru the house, it had a HORRIBLE smell in the kitchen, an equally horrible smell in the family room (pet urine), and we found that the kitchen drawers and cabinets were infested with bugs - we had no idea what they were. 

Thankfully he lost, but I'm worried about the *TOTALLY REAL* ballots they keep "finding" in South Florida: "Gosh look at the 200 ballots for Gillum I found behind the Cap'n Crunch in my kitchen cabinet!"

The owner may have trashed it on their way out to "get back at the man" or maybe they stole all the cabinets, doors, copper pipe and fixtures to fund their meth addiction.

The current owner is definitely losing money with new roof, siding, cabinets, refinished floors, paint, etc.

We renovated the laundry room, added a refrigerator and painted the cabinets to bring a fresh, clean look, along with a little bit of hands-on TLC we did ourselves on weekends and during our lunch breaks.

Some of the larger expenses-Interior/Exterior Paint, Storm shutters for a few of the front large windows, added additional cabinets to one unit, New refrigerator from Dent/Scratch store after old one died, Laundry units that tenant pays +$50/mo for etc.