Hardwood can take the abuse, but it has a limit as to how many times it can be refinished. 

A term lease is a licence to be take advantage of and abused by your tenants.

Taking on a tenant not only resets the clock but opens up the door to additional abuses and losses incurred by you.

I personally HATE this topic as I feel like it is so abused at the sake of truly disabled people needing service animals. 

I can't imagine trying to find random people out there to help you.. not that it can't happen it can.. but I can also see a lot of abuse .. by those that are users that will just use you.

It's old for Texas, the rents are low, which will probably mean more abuse/maintenance.  

@Wayne Brooks  I still had my HML shop going then.. you should have seen those coming in wanting to abuse the poor banks  LOL.... being a private banker I wanted no part of it..

They will look good however there is a good chance they will get used and abused regardless of the cost or quality.

And I actually don't feel comfortable abusing the law for free rent from a person in the flesh. 

I have seen swat teams raid neighboring units managed by slum lords who didn't screen tenants, I have dealt with abusive boyfriends putting my tenant in the hospital, broken down cars (which leads to them missing work because they can't afford to fix the car, which then leads to them loosing their job and then getting behind on rent), being threatened with a gun (guy lifted up his shirt showing me the gun in his belt), to countless sob stories.