This fits on THIS 5x8 legal pad paper (with which I am not affiliated).

Keeping it clean with some Old Dutch and a scouring pad.... work wonders.

I assume the carpet and pad have to go, what else?

But you need to give all tenants a pack of felt pads.

Long term we would like to have it as a"landing pad" half of the year once we retire (10yrs).

Then you just pad it back up.

When I was single I rented my bachelor pad in a higher end neighborhood that didn't cash flow but was great to live in while owning my investment property about an hour away in a place that cash flowed that I didn't want to live in. 

Depending on how big the area is, you might find a dealer that has remnants, but in our area it's hard to beat the Home Depot or Lowes deals for new carpet and pad installations.

Converted a garage into a bedroom & bathroom, added a below ground pool, ADU/mother in law suit, raised the overall construction C2, C3, C4.Just be careful on what you spend versus what you want to get back because most kitchens are like brake pads at some point it's just a required replacement.

@Luca Mastrangelo Its all about the carpet and the pad.