Experience with carpet tiles in a rental

[Dave Rav]

Hellos REIs!  I want to inquire about your experience with carpet tiles in rentals- like these https://www.lowes.com/pd/Pebbl...

I've done it all when it comes to flooring in rentals - LVP, vinyl sheeting, carpet you name it.  I generally dont do tile, as its cost prohibitive in a rental (I have done that in flips). 

Anyways, are those carpet tiles worth it if you get a good brand?  Are they durable for rentals?  Thanks in adv

[David Lee Hall, III]

They were previously installed in one rental we bought. My thought ahead of time was similar to you “I want to try these” - thinking I could self install islands of carpet in bedrooms myself and have the ability to patch if needed between tenants. My feelings kind of changed when I saw the one we bought. I don’t know if some tiles were replaced or installed in the wrong direction (since they do have a “grain” to hide seams) or replaced, but I was very disappointed that looking across the room I could easily pick out a number of the squares. It just looked wrong. So now it is more of a “maybe one day” we will try them.