This is not 2010 where sellers where hurting, bleeding.  

I was willing to wait longer, bleed cash a little longer, in order to get the right tenant.

I got first last and one month deposit all in one swell loop.

I think if it doesn't cash flow and you are not willing to make it cash flow then you need to get out unless if you are willing to keep bleeding 300 a month

That makes you do dumb things to stop the bleeding like taking tenants you normally wouldn't, which leads to more expenses long term.

I am currently trying to rent out the other side but have been struggling to get a tenant, so I have been eating that whole payment for the last couple months (I'm bleeding out, may have the rents too high in this cooling market).

If liquid gets down in to the fiberboard core of the laminate, that core will absorb the water and swell, causing pillowing/cupping of the visual layer, and possibly damage to the locking mechanism.LVP (luxury vinyl plank) or LVT (luxury vinyl tile) is ideal in this case. 

Insurance companies know this and provide you with plenty of coverage because they are in the business of making money, not paying out on claims. the odds of you losing a lawsuit so large that it eats up your insurance and your equity and bleeds into your personal assets is astronomically low and not worth spending brain cells on.

It wears like iron, BUT, if water gets into into it or in high-humidity conditions, Pergo swells and cracks.

@Jesse Kindra those areas of the Chicago market won't see much appreciation, and those are the main areas that are bleeding residents across the border.