Is it designed to be a primary heat source or as a secondary/luxury.

When the demand is concentrated in the entry-level and median price ranges it stands to reason that the luxury market which has an over-supply would contract proportionately. 

. - And if you can increase your max occ without affecting the luxury class of your unit... definitely do it!

If you don't it's by virtue of a 1031 exchange. 

Lowes 3.2mm option: Shaw Matrix 14-Piece 5.9-in x 48-in Asheville Pine Locking Luxury Vinyl PlankLowes 4mm option: STAINMASTER 10-Piece 5.74-in x 47.74-in Washed Oak Dove Locking Luxury Vinyl PlankHome Depot 7mm option with underlayment: LifeProof Sterling Oak 8.7 in. x 47.6 in.

Fix the baseboard molding with Bondo, get rid of the laminate flooring and replace with luxury vinyl plank flooring or sealed-in-place triple-polyurethane-coated solid hardwood if you're going to allow pets.

HUD 221D4 is for “median” apt rents for the area....just not luxury, above surrounding market rates.  

It’s also young — the average resident is just 33 years old.Like much of the area, North Las Vegas is a landscape of contrasts, where pawnshops are as common as manicured golf courses.Squat and basic housing complexes sit just miles from more luxurious homes with grass lawns — a rarity in a community where yards of rock and of desert are the norm.In a fast-moving market, many can’t afford to buy at all.

The prop manager requested a quote for Luxury Vinyl planks but the vendor came back with Rigid Core Vinyl.

I’d say maybe they want the extra room as a luxury like an in home office.