Vinyl planks or Carpet if you are going to sell?

[Joe S.]

Vinyl planks or Carpet if you are going to sell? So I have a house that I am doing a rehab on that is in a more desirable area. The ARV will be somewhere in the 700s conservatively. We typically put luxury vinyl floor in the houses we keep as rentals, but I got to thinking if we're going to sell it would be faster to simply put carpet in as many areas as possible.

If we could get a good enough loan on the place we could keep it as a long-term rental provided the rental income would cover the payments so if this would be the case we would regret putting carpet in the place as in Carpet has a lower shelf life.

What are your thoughts?