Carpeting in a rental?

[Chris Stromdahl]

I am trying to stay away from buying properties with carpeting.

Does that make sense?

I will take it into account if the deal is good, but my mind set is that carpet will cost me money every time the unit is turned over.

I figure wood floors/laminate will be easier to manage in the long run.

Thoughts?

[Patrick L.]

Who cares if it has carpet in it when you buy it?  Flooring is just part of the rehab cost like anything else. 

I don't put carpet in but it doesn't stop me from buying properties that already have carpet.  If I can get one tenant out of the existing carpet then great but if not I'll go ahead and put something like Allure vinyl plank flooring in  that's pretty much indestructible.