Expensive and competitive!

Especially in a competitive market like Columbus, Ohio

I bought a better one, $300 i think, and ran it multiple times to mitigate the home from heavy cigarette smoke.

I don't believe this is actually a common practice of listing agents, or at least it hasn't been in any of the markets I've worked in. 80%+ of my business comes from representing investors on the buy side, and we win in a lot of competitive bidding situations.

Ominous things are happening across the country zoning wise and the competition is exploding. take a lot of the happy thoughts on this form with many grains of salt and spend sometime reading the last few months of posts on the short term rental and you may understand a lot better.

No competition and you can negotiate with them.

@Gail White wrote in an earlier post:I have made an offer on a house where there has been a very heavy smoker living for a number of years.

That said, competitive bidding could push it up well beyond that. 

I will warn you that MF is a little tough in this market - lots of competition for little inventory.

If the compition demands a higher refurbishment (counter tops, and cabinets) then do that, but just a refresh on this unit (from the pics) looks like paint and LVP might be enough.I'd leave the cabinets and counter tops brown (unless competition dictates redoing them).Also a daylight bulb in the kitchen of the highest wattage the fixture will hold might make the area look better when you show it.The less income the resident has, the more bulb wattage they seem to like in the kitchen (they cook at home more).Good Luck!