If I tear out the floors I then decide whether to do a sub-floor then new lvp. 

Furthermore, now even lavishly furnished apartments, thanks to Newsom, will be limited to being secured only with a SINGLE month of security deposit in CA which CANNOT be applied to 'normal wear and tear' of furniture either, so if the tenant in a furnished apartment never pays their last month of rent but wears and tears down all the furnishings, it seems landlord would still have to give back the 'security' deposit on move-out, not being able to apply the 'security' deposit to last month of rent in arrears NOR the worn and torn furnishings?!

So, I'd be asking myself questions like: "how much of my own money, and my own time, blood, sweat and tears am I willing to put into this thing to get $60k of equity? 

They will tear your houses up and are a lot of drama.

Less wear and tear on the property = less of a financial burden while learning what it's like. 2.

He said I see no damages that I would consider beyond reasonable wear & tear.  

If it’s outside, they are going to tear up the ground and grass, want to get that re-grown for a flip so when it’s time to sell, it looks good again!

Key team membersWe call this a tear sheet and it’s no more than two pages so it can be printed on one piece of paper

Then if you ever go to sell the house you rip up the cheap flooring that has basically protected the hardwood floor underneath and refinished the hardwood floor to its best luster. it makes no sense to refinish the floors and get tenants that are going to wear and tear them down over years and then have to refinish them again in order to sell it.

Or are you just going to tear it down and move on?