I get mine from a local mom and pop store that sells used and reconditioned appliances.

That said, I did spend time reconditioning the unit and it's in great shape.

So find out how much the extra insurance is going to cost, find out the cost of removing and re-conditioning, and make her pay for it all. 

No major defects, but everything looks like it needs at least reconditioning.

You do not want to put a unit on the market when the landlords are fighting for quality tenants as you will have to give too much away in addition to lost rent and reconditioning the units.

You will not have reserves in place to service the debt obligation or recondition the property.I understand what you are trying to do but I think everything will not go perfectly and it will take a very long time to hit 3,000 a month cash flow.

So I checked with the historical zoning district, and they assured me that purchasing a property in the historic district does not trigger any sort of mandatory-reconditioning to ensure the property comes into compliance with historic building codes.

When I was sourcing reconditioned units from a service provider I was talking to a technician and basically they pointed out that for 3 units you really won't be making any money.

Instead you rent below market with the nicest units to land the best tenants moving to the area and also away from other complexes.You want low turnover because you can have thousands in lost rent in reconditioning a bunch of times to get rent ready again.

I replaced a gas fired water heater for $500 was done quickly and was probably reconditioned.