Paint the cabinets white (it looks pretty dark in there), change out the hardware.

However; for the model you're proposing, it has to be a smoking deal!

If your house rules and lease say one fridge shelf and no smoking, enforce it from the start.

One tip is to look for droppings which look like fine dark sand.

The tenant responded, "I walked to the gas station for smokes and someone stole it."

(each time and per animal)* Smoking on the premises (inside or outside)?

I haven't had any luck finding a nice espresso or dark set with clean lines on craig's list, so I am thinking I might need to buy new.

If you lucky they may be online.My experience is you will usually get a helpful clerk, but at the worst the typical god you asking me to work clerk, and I'm only here to collect a check, not to have people interfering with my smoke break or coffee break or personal calls to family and friends, and I have passed my probation period and it will take an act of congress to fire me.

Smoking, pets, a verifiable income are the kinds of things I talk about on the phone.

They are often over-looked by many investors, but there are some very smoking deals out there.