Laminate countertops can hold up pretty well and if damaged, will need to come out of the security deposit - lower cost product, so a larger percent of it gets paid for if damaged. 

Here's some hopefully, helpful cut & paste info:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

Thankfully the tenant above let us know that they saw them packing a haul so we went in, all was good and non damaged and empty.

There are going to be three levels of addressing this 1) things you can simply go there and do anytime (pick up pet waste and throw it away) 2) things you can do given proper notice (enter the unit and inspect, repair damage etc) and 3) things you can only do given proper process/procedure (notice to vacate, increase rent etc.)

The house is rented to college students, with the parents paying and dealing with everything.The house had a burst pipe and water damage in the shared bathroom in August of 2023.

I think the biggest issue, is the fact that there are so many social media influencers, with huge followings providing misinformation which leads many new investors to have a false sense of "education".

If that's your plan, I'd just say let the numbers influence the purchase more than emotions. 

The owner went on the roof using a ladder and took a couple of wacks at the chimney with a sledgehammer and big chunks of brick, morter and clay flue fell down on the roof and damaged the roofing, and rolled off into the yard where the boys broke it up.The put in wheelbarrow and took it to a pickup truck which squatted heavily when filled with bricks.

To us those are just wholesalers who are in the way and can damage a deal.

I have never had flood damage with any of the properties I own in FL.