Oftentimes, commercial landlords need to charge utilities, CAM charges, scheduled rent increases, unique late fees, etc.

If the market doesn't demand hardwood, and it won't punish you for X or Y different flooring, then go with the most economical choice that the market is likely to accept. 

Minut multi sensor (but mainly for sound levels for us), zwave everything (door contacts, yale locks, thermostats, water leak sensors, temp/humidity sensors, garage door controllers, garage door tilt sensors (to see if the door is open/closed), security cameras covering all exterior entrances plus the driveway, zwave lights switches to remote control lights on exterior security floods and/or certain lights inside the property, some type of doorbell cam, zwave motion sensors, Samsung Smartthings hub, wifi smart plugs for certain devices inside...and the list goes on. 

@Courtney Duong Basically you are saying, "I will pay x price for this home, but if the seller receives another offer that's higher than mine, I'm willing to increase my offer to y price." 

I love your stories, it must have been difficult initially but y ou all made it work...so inspiring.

I need X job done, I will pay you Y.

It looks like that cost is going to be $500-$1000 per storm, and our CAM agreement is splitting that 50%.

@Cam Galasso PNC was the easiest.DDollar bank was fair.

@Al Y. thank you!!

Fast forward many years to when I was 37 y/o and finally decided to pull the trigger.