What Appliances Do You Supply?

[Collin Garbarino]

I've got a question about appliances. 

I'm getting my first property ready for rental in the Houston area, and a contractor who works with a lot of investors told me that I didn't need to put in a refrigerator. He said tenants just trash them, and he said all I needed were an oven-range combo and a dishwasher.

I assumed that tenants would supply their own clothes washer and dryer, but I've never heard of tenants supplying their own refrigerator. This is a SFR, rather than an apartment. Are the expectations different?

I'd appreciate some appliance suggestions from seasoned landlords with SFRs. What appliances do you supply?