The student loan debt crisis is yet another crisis swept under the rug in this country.

If you can get the receipts, and/or establish a written documentation of these with photos and sources in a "Cost Segregation Analysis" then take the total cost off your 27.5 year life property and add them back under the 5 year (flooring, rugs, light fixtures, appliances, etc>) or as 15 year property (landscaping, lawn sprinkling systems, patios, new driveways, etc.)  

If over the next few years the graph gets back to 66% +/-, you'll see better 'deals' as competition intensifies for fewer apartment dwellers.

If the scratches start showing up later the tenants can probably put a rug down or something.  

I say...buy rugs from some of those famous discount carpet/rug wholesalers, cover your floors and rent, rent, rent for better days.

Let the tenants supply their throw rugs, whatever.

If it has to do with dropping things on a hardwood or similar floor that kind of noise, the upstairs tenant can put down an area rug to dampen the "noise".

I've given away old mirrors, light fixtures, cabinets, vanities, anything that is metal or can be recycled, window treatments, I've sold kitchen cabinets, counter tops, anything left behind by the sellers: sofas, old lawn mower, rugs, lamps, old appliances even the kitchen sink!

Since 2006, I replaced all three bathrooms in the house, refinished the hardwoods, rugs, hot water heater, air conditioner, added pavers in the rear patio, replaced all windows and the list goes on and on as I’m sure everyone can imagine.

When I give them the reason, it's like the rug has been pulled out.