The corridors are vinyl but they look brown and you feel like walking on 'carpet' of animal poop.

I took carpet out of a house and put in wood. 

Most houses that go to tax sale need more then paint and carpet. if a homeowner can't pay for their taxes they certainly aren't spending a lot of money on maintenance.

.* After move in gave a laundry list of tiny detail on locations where cleaning was not done to their expectation and sent me a $575 bill that they had to redo professional cleaning and carpet cleaning. * Deducted $100 in rent twice saying food was spoiled due to refrigerator issues (fixed promptly)* Rejected the contractors being sent by home warranty company thrice saying they were rude and asked for alternate contractors* Told me that they found black widow spiders and were concerned that  the pests could harm their kid .

I found a house at a good deal, put a little carpet and paint into it and rented it out.

All units need some improvements: flooring (very dirty carpets), kitchen (ancient cabinets, ugly and cheap countertop),… We plan to have people in two units move out and then renovate.

Clean floors tile or laminate is always best but if you have carpet make sure there are no stains and smells fresh.Landscaping and curb appeal raise rent to include servicesIt is difficult to rent a dated or unkept property when your competition is a much better choice.When I take on a new property to manage I front the cost for the owner taking it out of the first months rent so the owner is not out upfront money, as well the owner knows I will make it a priority to rent it quick as now I have cost to recoup.

If I buy the property at fair market value and put between $1-3k into it for things like a new appliance, new carpet, fans, etc., this is not going to make the value skyrocket right away.

I had to replace the carpet due to the water damage.

I would probably get the carpets cleaned if they look bad.