There is the base rent, which may include the utilities, plus the pile of expenses that may help the tenant have success in their business - like new carpet that the LL might pay for in the beginning and the tenant agrees to pay back over the life of lease, by a wee bit more rent every month.Sorry, your link is behind a pay wall, I cannot read the data.

First though, we'd like to up the value of the house by remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, also replacing the carpet and vinyl floors for hardwood.

Paid cash,  closed 7/31,  it needed only carpet and blinds,  it was ready in a week because the carpet was measured the day of closing.  ($30 to measure,  risk worth taking.)  

Suitcases were steamed, carpet, clothes, etc.

I've seen it on both sides where the landlord is just nit picking and is going way past reasonable deductions, and tenants that are so far out there that don't realize they are going to be charged when they leave dog poop on the carpet for the landlord to clean up.

The pre-moveout inspection is an opportunity for the landlord to list any items (beyond normal wear and tear, ie holes in the wall, stained carpeting, broken blinds, missing or cracked switch plate covers, etc.) that must be repaired or cleaned prior to move out.

Formica, sheet vinyl, carpet, old white applianes? 

I'm pretty sure they have click lock flooring I'm the living room and everything else is carpet.

I'm just concerned that we are opening up another can of worms as it is more than likely that it will be high in other parts of the house as I suspect the wall-to-wall carpet is contributing to the high counts.  

I've got a 2000 SQFT single-family in Thornton coming vacant unexpectedly in mid-December, and it's going to need paint/carpet throughout the interior.