What they do is live life without much thought about the other poor family that needs that large apt regardless if that apt's only purpose is to have 2 rooms full of family heirlooms and not housing children.BTW, I do have lots of Artists living in my apts since I own a few buildings that are very close to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

I am thinking something like this...https://www.homedepot.com/p/LifeProof-Heirloom-Pine-8-7-in-x-47-6-in-Luxury-Vinyl-Plank-Flooring-20-06-sq-ft-case-I969104L/300461609Unless someone has a better suggestion that they always use and it comes out great?

(And there can be significant liability involved if you get it wrong - You don't want the tenant coming back and saying they were just on vacation and you disposed of $100k worth of their precious family heirlooms...it happens!) 

I do as much as possible in "Heirloom Lace", It's an off white that lends itself to repainting just one wall or even patches while being almost impossible to show.

We have fun debates and in the end, end up agreeing which is odd and fun...lol Anyway, we talked about this and are now working on creating a community garden of heirloom non-hybrid vegetables.

I, too, aim to be as accommodating to residents as possible.However...For my own liability protection and personal sanity, I'll only schedule our group viewings for when the resident can be physically present.For one thing, I'm a digital nomad (currently living in Colombia), so I'm likely never going to be conducting their viewing myself.But mostly, I don't want a resident claiming that some priceless heirloom went missing or got damaged after holding a showing in their absence.We'll pick a convenient time, typically 1 hour on a Saturday afternoon, and set appointments for up to 6 pre-screened buyers to take a look.

We are from the Seattle area but have family in Duluth and we would love to start networking with local investor Kelly, you need to meet Mike from Heirloom Property Management. 

Take photos as you go, avoid the "$heirloom got stolen." 

Heirloom Property Management is growing their vacation rental management exponentially right now, and they're doing business in these areas. 

Start with Mike at Heirloom properties, he also has contractor and construction guys and realty in house.