We painted the cabinets, filled tons of chips, changed the doors by custom ordering them for the customer in their choice of design by a company we have an account with that has them made in Mexico for about 30% american cost, painted sink, also the appliances in professional grade metalic stainless paint, painted floor tile in a high solids porcelain urethane white after an aerospace use type primer and a high solids chemically hardened chear coat, and matched the backsplash the same way.

When the girls were 3 & 4 I had a hammer in their hands lol).Anyways, I have done it all; tiling, drywall, framing, installed doors, carpeting, rough and finished carpentry, knocked down walls, installed cabinets, laminate flooring(I didn't want the added expense of hardwood), finished my basement (DH did the electrical although this does not appear hard to learn), designed and built a 20X20 paragoda/arbor for my patio (with some manly help) and installed a vinyl fence.

http://www.builddirect.com/ especially their marble/granite/slate prices....kitchen cabinets....a friend of mine went to lowes, special ordered the cabinets and then canceled the order and they gave her an extra 25% off because of the slumping sales....for equipment try out the pawn shops or again, networking....hubby gets top name stuff from a certain big box store ...he gets the stuff below cost.

Cabinet, countertops, sinks, oven, water heater, air conditioner, heater, and some doors were missing.

Custom designer kitchen w/espresso cabinets & upgraded countertops, NEW stainless steel appliances including fridge & built-in microwave.

This can be done with drywall, paint, flooring, tile, stone, roofing, cabinets, etc.

For a rental, the property would need some updates, I figured no more than 5k (clean the carpet if doesn't need replacing, paint throughout the house, paint the kitchen cabinets (hideous diarrhea-green color).

The cabinets are jacked, but it still has a giant, commercial hood vent, powered louvers, fire suppression system, commercial 3-bay sink, regular sink and a "handwashing" station.

Is there no room for one or do you prefer a large hole in the cabinets where it should go?

Just the kitchen cabinets and countertops could easily take half of that.