My wife is stay at home mom and I work in construction (flooring-ceramic, hardwood as well as remodeling).

I’m a hardwood flooring master Craftsman and keep dabling about the idea of rentals and keep my eyes open for a deal.

@Dan SagerHere’s what I’ve been hearing for your standard 900-1200 SF row home here in PhillyGuts assuming no structural, no digging, finishing basement, HVAC, hardwoods, island or wrap around bar counter space, quartz/granite, recess lighting on first floor, add a full bathroom in the basement:For B class (ex: west Germantown/mt.

The "best" floor is to use the original hardwood floors and refinish them. 

WTH -- it has pretty much guaranteed our maintenance guy will have steady paint work at that facility for the foreseeable future.Buy hardwood trim and paint it if you like but educate yourself on the hardness level of various woods and ability to resist damage - painted trim looks good but if people are banging into it all the time it's the dumbest thing to install what is basically cardboard IMO. 

I have it in most of my rentals that didn't have original hardwood flooring, and it has held up spectacularly well - much better than regular laminate held up.

We have the following options on floors Option 1: clean and Degrease hardwoods by hand to evaluate true condition.

I have a large 74 unit property spread out over 14 acres in side by side brick duplexes as well as other property near where I live and I have not replaced carpets in years slowly but surely I am phasing them out for both hardwood floors and tile.

Hey guys,Was wondering what you think of this analysis:SFR - 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 1200 sq ft, detached garage & carport, large fenced yard, all hardwood floors.

Added hardwood floors.