I may consider a mix. Use the levlors in the rooms where it is most important...the mini blinds in the rooms I never go in.
If I were staying there 5 - 10 years, then $100 isn't that big of a deal.
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The current plan is to leave in 3 years. I plan to get my MBA through work and they say they want me to have more experience. The original plan was to maintain two residences during the interim. The current plan is to move at the end of the 3rd year. There is so much uncertainty after year 3, I cannot begin to formulate a plan....I am just going to play it by ear.