Sometimes people will spray silver oxide barrier after install.

The bad is the city has an anti STR mindset with recently enacted lottery and quotas.  

The great thing about Palo Alto etc. is a high concentration of very high paying jobs and smart people and a lot of NIMBY anti development activism.

@David Krulac , for your "never buy a property with either hot water or steam heat" rule have you ever used anti-freeze in the system?

We hired a pro water remediation company and asked them to remove dry wall, base boards, carpet, and drop fans, dehumidifier equipment, as well as apply any anti-microbial disinfectant, etc.

Its like saying an ant is going to lift a car. 

If contractors itemize an invoice, you must resort to the anti-abuse rule 1.263(a)-1(f)(6) which forces you to aggregate contractor's itemized invoice into specific jobs and apply the aggregate total to the $2,500 threshold. 4.

There's also rent control and a lot of anti-landlord sentiment.

When 9/10 items on the agenda are ANTI-short term rental items, that should tell you something.

I was about to do a full LVP install again but came across a great deal on 14mm solid strand bamboo plank floating floor treated with 9 layers of aluminum oxide for $1.69 a sq ft.