The stove top has dark burnt rings all over each of the burners. 

One 1700 sq ft house cost me $18,000 to put back together and if I hires a contractor the cost would have been $32,000.Welcome to the world of real estate for single-family homes where the costs to maintain the properties is about 4 to 10 times more than maintaining properties with a large number of units.I used to let my property management companies get estimate for repairs and the never had a magic wand, magic pills, or magic bullets and I always got my own lower prices and better contractors when I did not want to or could not do the work.Get your own prices, but $12,000 sound about right for a ton of things that have to be done and then you need to worry about the extras that are not on the list.

Furnace Service Includes: Clean burners, check gas pressure, lubricate motor and bearings, calibrate fan limit controls, clean or replace filter, check wiring and connections, change belts, check pilot flame, calibrate thermostat.

I don't mind paying a couple hundred extra on the mortgage that is going to equity but it's a tough pill to swallow when it going to the bank in the form of higher interest rates.   

If he forwards his mail, Mail a burner phone to the old address and track where it forwards to.

Take a chill pill and STFU.

All work should be billed at the normal rate.Doing it this way the investment can still move forward on time with great care from all parties involved as they are making money using their "day job" skills & are also equity owners in the investment so they won't put it on the back burner or run away with the money, which is always a risk an investor or group of investors runs when they hire outside contractors.

By “gas stove” do you mean a free-standing stove, kind of like a wood burner, or are you just talking about a furnace?

The reviews were a joke and were probably because people didn't mind the issues when they were paying so cheap (we weren't paying so cheap but were traveling with our dog). 2 of the 4 burners on the stove were broken (I fixed one of them myself).

I don't have all the city-by-city regulations in front of me, but most will have all or some of the three "Poison Pill" regulations that slow ADU development.