Handscraped hardwoods in all public spaces, new carpet in bedrooms, new toilets, new light fixtures, kitchen redone with granite counters & new appliances, bathrooms redone with granite, new quality vinyl siding, etc.A colleague (local realtor) on BP sent me a CMA and we both feel the appropriate rent is $1,600 per month.Here's the big question: does it make more sense to keep this house as our first foray into the rental market or sell the house and take the nearly $100k in equity and buy 3-4 more properties with that cash as down payments?

Probably original hardwood floors, beautiful classic design.

@Miller Josh hard wood maple!

Engineered hardwood goes a lot farther in my opinion. 

In the end, I got alternative tenants at the same price (2100/month) who pay the traditionally  monthly way for a 1yr lease with no pets so I'm sure the hardwoods will fare much better.

wanted to Check what others are paying for Red Oak 3" material, install and finish I'm seeing about $8 per sq on 2000 sq ft 

I just took carpet out of bedrooms and discovered nice hardwood floors.

Hardwood, parquet, faux-hardwood, tile, etc. are much easier to clean and you won't reduce your pool of potential tenants/buyers.

We were hoping to just clean up the hardwood, but it took a little more than that.Our floor guy said, "No problem.

If I have to replace, I like oak because it's an inexpensive hardwood that can take some use and abuse.