If my market appreciates and I decide to sell, I make some money but if it crashes, I have a pad because people will always need rents. 

I think I'd like to look into when the carpet needs replacing to remove all the carpet and pad and tack strips and stain and polish the concrete floor, now that would be pretty indistructable.I've seen stained, polished concrete floors in high end units, one was $1M+ and they looked great.

If a seller is willing to carry a lender will often allow it as that reduces their risk in the deal, if they can get a seller to take a significant amount, that seller may step in and pick it up so it's almost like getting some padding on the back end. :)

The other thing I recommend is they have a similar applicator pad "brush".

Smoke smells are hard to remove, so tenant pays for walls and ceilings to be repainted, HVAC and filters to be professionally cleaned, all surfaces to be professionally cleaned, new carpet and carpet pad.

I do small things because it would never get done in my mom's unit.I ripped up all the carpet and padding and a million staples and tack board.

The reality is a LOT of tenants have pets and it's part of the business.If the owner works a lot having scratch pads that hang from the door and other scratchers they can lay on and claw with toys attached will help keep them off of door frames, and carpet, and furniture etc.

it really is the same for meincomeminus all expenses including management/vacancy pad/pitinetnet over your cash in is c/c returnnet over all money in ...purchase plus rehab plus whatever is overall c/c return or cap rate

I have a carpet man store that offers commercial grade carpet and pad for $1.25 per square.....installed.

Then you pay the $.45/sq ft for padding (padding is always required) and the install.Ends up being $2/sq ft installed.2) Laminate.