You can be nice and pay for half or you can tell the buyer to pound sand in a polite manner.

Now the buyer is trying to re-trade the seller on price to make the cash flow numbers work and the seller says pound sand that's not my problem and the deal falls out.Now the buyer has thousands to tens of thousands in sunk costs all because they did not verify ahead of time.

Most people who rent a unit with all hardwood floors bring their own area rugs anyway, which should deaden most of the most obnoxious pounding. 

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!

The listing says 50 pounds, but no one reads.

We just were go go go, and when a roadblock came along, we just pounded away until it broke.

Originally posted by @Darius Ogloza:@Jay Hinrichs To your point, kind of like London England where it seems some Duke actually owns all of the land underlying London and when you "buy" an apartment for 3-4 million pounds you are, except in rare cases, only buying a 99 year lease, not a fee simple interest.

I have a very nice LVP in our primary home...We have a 130 pound german shepherd and a smaller 45 pound dog....not a scratch to be found. 

For example, I'd like to upgrade kitchen countertops, but it is penny-wise pound foolish when I'll inevitably need a major kitchen design overhaul that will provide a suitable layout for a modern setup with disposal/dishwasher/microwave and sufficient space. 

If you have concerns about the tenants that are there, you can ask the owner to have them vacate as a condition of sale, but at the same time, he could tell you to go pound sand and back out of the deal.