I would get 3 or 4 large area rugs with some warmer colors and drop them in the larger spaces.Second, and a more costly fix, is the fireplace. 

How about, he gets married, loves his wife and the love between them makes him so strong-willed he educates himself, lets his wife bare half a dozen rug rats and he becomes the next billionaire real estate tycoon without dragging his wife and six rug rats to real estate meetings.Option 3 - Get a rubber doll and save a real lot of money!

.), remove all material like rugs, curtains, furniture etc. and hope for the best.

We tried area rugs in the hallway and living room but my downstairs tenant ended up moving out.

Before dropping the price, I'd put some color on the floor in the rug.

Require the upper unit to have x % of the floor covered in area rugs. 

The realities I have seen swept under the rug too often.

I don't know if Covid is the ONLY issue that matter, but I do agree it's going to push people to look the other way while a whole lot of other important issues get swept under the rug.

A & B— Tenant is complaining that the carpet doesn’t match with the blinds and the rug is stained... pick yr poision!

Like when my property manager recently bought a $200 rug for my vacation rental after telling me to return my $65 bought from Ross.