There’s no other pot of gold to hold out for.

NIcholas Cook at Sleep Sound Property Management is in Portland and is certainly one of the finest PM's on the west coast. email me if you want his contact info because stupid BP won't let me put it in the reply here!

A co worker of mine had a landlord who did that and I hear all day long that his landlord is home cooking all day for his big family and splits the gas bill with him 50/50.

@Jarrod Gregory we called it the honey pot.

If you can sneak the 11% in too, then you're really cooking.

If you cross over into Cook county, it's more tenant friendly, and finally, if you go within the City of Chicago, it's extremely tenant friendly.

Or sometimes even if the grocery store is open and they could cook.

If I'm going to cook a meal, I'm setting up everything before hand, making sure my knives are sharp, my recipe is clear, and I have the best ingredients.

On the flip side, for such a small home in a price point below $100k, it is likely not necessary, particularly in a sellers market.Options: Do some light staging - bring nice towels from home to place in bathroom, bring light staging items like cooking books, candles, fruit baskets for kitchen, and some artwork to hang on some main walls.

Case in point I bought a new cook top from Lowes.