No it never works out and they always use it as a bargaining chip you just bought a new car why is my rent going up blah blah.

I'd get a single family house in bridgetown, white oak or an area like that. 

When you have 1970's honey oak cabinets you just blow them out and get nice white solidly build from Lowes. 

Royal Oak, Ferndale, Lincoln Park and now Roseville. 

My prop mgr is telling me that they should be poly'd, or else they'll peel or chip, and will fail Section 8 inspections down the road.

Our houses that we work on are not restoration projects, but more of a bringing the original flavor back to life with some updated points.For an example, last year we worked on an amazing home with a smaller footprint (720 sq ft) but had three stories.The Craftsmanship of the word work was outstanding; just a little rough at places and 90% of it was painted.If this was our own home, we might have stripped the paint, revealed the oak, and refinished all the woodwork, making it drop dead gorgeous (We love natural wood).

The problem comes when it starts to deteriorate and chip and fall apart then the dust gets into the air and it needs to be taken care of.

The aged white oak floors will be natural finished with a few coats of poly. 

I am from Chicago's south side (Evergreen Park / Oak Lawn area).

My name is Keith Harmon and I am with Oak Trust Properties in North Charleston specializing in Property Management for long term rentals in SFH.