Dark stained real wood sounds much better than laminate! Some stains showing through is ok IMO.
We had laminate in a low traffic living room in our old house. 7 years there and it wasn't looking too hot- dog had an accident while we were at work (so the wetness sat all day) and a few things with sharp edges got dropped, plus the medium traffic areas looked scuffed.
We had different laminate for one year in a rental house, in the kitchen and by the main door. It looked awful after a year- gouges in the kitchen, tons of blisters at the seams in the kitchen and by the door from drips of water, despite trying to be very careful.
In a bedroom it might be ok since no water and not much traffic, but if your renter spills a glass of a water in the bedroom, doesn't clean it up right away, the laminate will buckle or blister. It just takes one oops to ruin it,