And leaving just the staircase carpeted doesn't seem like a solution as that's the main area of wear and tear on the carpet that I wanted to get rid of in the first place. 

I am contemplating tearing down a home that is in pretty bad shape and rebuilding on the same land.  

My price is now up to $160K as the prices for tear down houses on the East side of the Dale Mabry Hwy have exploded.

When I 1st started out, I was at the property putting in the blood, sweat and tears! 

If anyone buys it, the first thing they'll do is tear it down.

Then, I decided to sell every home and when I went into some of the homes I had tears in my eyes when I saw the damages and filth.

The lease states that "Unless the carpet is cleaned in the manner provided herein, Landlord reserves the right to use a portion of the Security Deposit to professionally re-clean the carpet".After looking at the house we decided to tear up the flooring in the living room, and while we were replacing some flooring we tore up the carpet in the bedrooms too which were filthy.

You will have a higher amount of wear and tear on everything.

I was half a mile away when my transmission decided to throw in the towel (it could only take so much abuse of my powershifting), and I was left with no gears and half a mile walk to work lol I was actually excited to tear into it (it needed a rebuild, anyway) and see what grenaded.

Is the damage actually damage or reasonable wear and tear?