Let your STR start making money before adding cost in replacing the flooring.  

Over and over, you can be constantly evicting and replacing appliances and doing major repairs.

Yes, the thermostat will need to be replaced with a smart one.

But you have your health and your family....you can replace everything else.

What I did was after my sale was under contract and I was down to a couple weeks from closing I started shopping seriously and had my replacement under contract a couple days before my sale closed.

Remain responsible for rent, utilities, and other terms until a replacement tenant takes over.#2 can be a bad option in the middle of winter when renters are harder to find.

The chimney contractor replaced the cap, but requires the branches be trimmed before he can perform repairs on the chimney because it is still leaking into the fire place after the cap was replaced. 

Purchased it for $65,000.00 and replaced the plumbing, floors, cabinets, and painted for 18k.

These people do not know how to replace light bulbs, unclog a toilet, or find their a$$ w/both hands.   

They already replaced the head of the EPA (sorry earth) and now have there eyes on Jerome Powell.