Someone might live there for only a year, and then with each turnover, there will be wear/tear on hardwood, whereas you won't have that stress with laminate!   

I recently got pre-approved for a mortgage and  teared up a little when I found out what I could "afford."

For example, it might be a tear down where some investors do not want to take the risk of taking up their money for extended periods of time.

Tear down the 3-4 unit and build several brand new townhomes ,condos or small lot homes.

Its your house and your job to maintain it as a result of anything that happens as a result of "normal wear and tear".

The current tenant claims they were there when he moved in...... in going through my records, my move in agent and the tenants placing agent have no record of a move in condition sheet filled out by the tenant.Lease states that if the tenant does not submit one, the house is considered damage free.House bought in 5/2014..all new paint....one tenant previous for 12 months...this tenant for the remaining time until now.My agent did the walk through post last move out and did not note any issues where she felt I needed to repaint except one room, which I did.Since its so many walls in different rooms, the estimate is $1000 to repaint these areas.So the recent tenant is claiming they were there already and its normal wear and tear and is my responsibility to fix.My position is that there is no documentation of his claim and if he had just left them alone I could have fixed the issues way cheaper since it would have been done correctly from the start....it would have been way better to just leave a bunch of nail holes in the walls than have blotchy paint everywhereOpinions?

I agreed and asked if she would pay $25 a month pet rent for wear and tear.  

Thank you for the advice, the things she is complaining about are all cosmetic and just normal wear and tear for an old property.

Your best bet would be to do a tear off of the existing roof, inspect the wood planking for rot then re shingle it.

Outside of that, I charge for anything outside of wear and tear.