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.

Denying application because of pet is not about discrimination (man they abused this word so much), it's about who pays for the cleanup cost.

And if you accept pets, ask that too.

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

Danny did a good job on what it is and why - one other thing all landlords and PM's need to consider.Do you allow pets? 

Lean on your real estate agent to help you if you're out of town but set some guidelines for what qualifies your tenant outside of pets/no pets.

Hi @Debbie PalmerIf the primary purpose it to defray costs for caring for pets, perhaps the below site would be helpful?  

They don't care, as long as there is grass for their pets to go in.

Quieter tenants translates to: Older individuals without children or noisy pets. 

We operate a vacation rental management firm and the % would be on RENTAL REVENUE, not taxes, cleaning fees, pet fees, etc.