landlording is not easy .. some love it.. like some posted above that's what they love and want to do .. others think they do until they actually do it.. then they hate it and sell out and get into the note business or.. buy any other kind of business... many many other business's that make good money.I just sold a home I built to a lady that owns a Montassori school.. she loves kids... she makes 300k a year NET on that one school.. gets to be with 40 plus rug rats a day  :)  We all love kids we have 5 and 7 grandkids.. so I hear ya loud and clear.

@Ryan Kraft the question is which of these concerns have the potential to pull the rug out from underneeth Joe and Jill homebuyer?

If you have rugs - they will be destroyed.

Plus it wasnt a mater of getting service,,,they had it on in their name,,,but never used it.But back to carpet cleaning,,,even one of those rental rug doctors cant match a pro cleaner

(that's a shadow on the floor by area rug)There's also laminates, engineered wood, and tile.

She had to replace carpet, a door and some flooring but when she did her initial inspection she failed to pick up a rug on the kitchen floor to check for damages and failed to clear off the deck to check for damages, She just went back and checked the property a little more thoroughly after I had already paid everything on the itemized list in November saying that I have additional damage to replace.

Tenants can obtain inexpensive remnants and throw rugs at their own expense.

We do hold a small damage deposit just in case a pet does end up staining a rug or damaging a bedspread. 

I'd also remove that geometric rug I see in some pictures.The shades are unlevel in several pictures.

Indoor/outdoor rug?