thanks @Hattie Dizmond I've looked at the those Porcelain wood grain tiles at Home Depot.

For example, redoing the floors from sticker tile to sheets of vinyl or porcelain might be best just to protect the subfloors/ water damage, etc long term.

At the risk of hijacking the thread, the HUD-owned housing in my area seems to be overbuilt and, dare I say it, exquisit for the area.

I recently used porcelain, with accents.

I know you don't want to hear it, but bite the bullet and hire a tile setter to come in and install some budget friendly ceramic or porcelain.

The only problem I've encountered is with certain metals leaving marks on the porcelain.

Another example - we decided to do porcelain tile in the kitchen and bathrooms instead of vinyl tile - I'm glad we did, but obviously the cost is more and we didn't budget for that up front.We started out with our base estimate and added 20% contingency.  

In a rental, regardless of whether or not it's higher end, I'd go with porcelain tile.

My first approach is to do porcelain 18x18 at about 1.59 Sq ft.  

I purchased porcelain tile throughout all 3 units, at $1.78/SF (just the cost of the tile) as I figured that would hold up better than laminate, but I definitely would have saved some on laminate.