Ceramic or Vinyl Flooring in Fix & Flips?????

[Kirk Frickey]

So far, all I have put in my fix & flips has been ceramic flooring. Recently though, we bought our primary residence and it had Vinyl flooring (which I'm told is water resistant since it has the padding attached to the bottom). Would this be a good alternative to ceramic and still keep the value added to the property? I haven't dealt with vinyl flooring before, but from word of mouth people seem to love it. I know it may come out to the same amount of material costs since it is averaged about $3 sqft in my area, but I would assume labor would be much cheaper since it is installed similar to the way laminate flooring would be.

On another note, should this be a material I consider when I start to build my portfolio of rental properties? I know some would say to put a cheaper flooring when using the property as a rental. My perspective is that I want my rentals to be to the standards of what I would consider when buying a house for myself to live in. Like i said previously, I haven't dealt with this material before. With that being said, i do want every opinion i can get, especially if you have a history with this flooring. 

Thanks in advance!