What you pay with labor will depend on if for instance one of my units still has a good pad and tack and strip then I just pay for carpet and installation cost.What you will pay will also depend on how much you are installing at one time.I don't like Berber for rentals.The design of the loop once it starts unraveling it can unwind pretty good an dis harder to get certain stains and pet stuff out of it.With carpet you want a Nylon carpet even if the cheaper version.Some carpet guys will try to sell you the rubber composite carpet stuff which is the really cheap stuff so it will stand up to tenant abuse.The problem is it can only be cleaned usually up to one time and then you need to replace it again.So I would rather get a cheaper nylon that can be re-cleaned many times over after installation for an additional .10 to .15 a sq ft extra than the super cheap stuff I will have to replace again.If you get 1 sq ft for carpet,pad,tack and strip,and labor install and it is Nylon you are getting one heck of a deal.Even at a carpet place usually you are at .40 to .50 for the pad and .50 to .60 for a cheap carpet.Then you have to do material to install and labor.I have seen sometimes if you have to do a small area you can pick up quality remnant pieces for real cheap and hit that type of number or buy in bulk.

And yeah, capping security deposits definitely feels like a hit to landlords.

With this weekend hitting 116 on Saturday and Sunday, the A/C cannot cool to where the tenants want it.

I get them to pay for pts buy-downs, 2-1 buy downs, 3-2-1 buy downs, again things of $$$$ value to us but don't hit there sold price and f'in the rest to come. 

Based on the rental numbers, we could pay up to $220,000 for the property to hit the 1% rule.

Will you hit the pavement and find them yourself through marketing, driving for dollars, cold calling?

I'm considering investing in syndications during this time while stacking capital until i hit my capital goal for my next property investment.

@Travis Timmons hit it on the head with his suggestion.

Then Covid hit. 

If conventional financing is unavailable, the valuation will take a hit.