I do allow pets in some of my rentals, but I have to say, they DO add to my cost, yet I do not charge a pet fee.Here is a list of things I have personally experienced a tenant's dog do.Dug out sprinkler heads pulled them off the lines.Yanked out sprinkler controller wires.Chewed off corners of interior doors.Scratches on exterior doors that looked like the XMEN Wolverine poster.Broke the lower portions of wood blinds.Bent or go THROUGH window screens.Yanked kitchen cabinet door hinges completely off.Removed 80% of paint off cabinet kick plates.Chewed off the bottom moulding of a refrigerator.Exterior door weather seal shredded to pieces.Dog poop all over the back yard when tenants agreed to clean up after each time.This is a new one this week - and I am still unsure how this could happen, can a dog's teeth be strong enough to put a dent almost a hole on the aluminum threshold of an exterior door?

Maybe painting kitchen cabinets to look a bit more modern.

We  shut off the water to the building, leave all faucets open ( water will drain, but lines are not blown out), electricity off to hot water heater, oil filled electric radiators set to the * setting, in front of open cabinets to heat under the sinks. 

We can pretend that there is a huge difference in cabinets or granite or tile or whatever, but I haven't found it to be that great once we get to the installed price. 

If you can save $200 a month, in three years you would have $15k available for a kitchen renovation.If you watch the sales at Lowe’s/ Home Depot, you can purchase stock cabinets pretty inexpensively as well as the countertops.I was able to renovate my kitchen doing this for about $12k.

I haven't seen the house but it says it has a new roof, windows and a heating system so unless the floors are uneven or the photos are misleading (very possible) you should be able to get away with paint, tenant proof flooring (laminate) a new kitchen counter top (cabinets look decent in the photos), kitchen and bathroom faucets, light fixtures, door handles and an upgraded stove and refrigerator bringing your total cost to no more then $7,500.

You can replace them fairly easily/cheaply with stock countertops from menards or lowes.Update the cabinet handles?

Looking for some decent, well-price cabinets for my own house. 

Replace countertop and paint existing cabinets, replace light fixtures.

All I need to do is paint kitchen cabinets, replace toilet and bathroom vanity.