offer something of value to the tenant, perhaps repainting the whole place, with a minor rent increase for the first year. 

If those cabinets have good boxes (i.e. plywood) and you want to save costs, you could re-face them (or maybe even repaint).Alternatively, if you replace the cabinets, I would look for ones with good quality boxes that you could reface down the road.  

Last month he moved, the unit was in really great shape, just repaint a few walls and cleaned out.

In my opinion, I think you should re-paint the cabinets and get new hardware for them.

The house has siding which will be repainted soon.  

Just ride it out because you will need to repaint regardless of if the move out tomorrow or 10 years from now. 10yr is better.

Charging against the sec dep for room damage is clear and obvious - like repainting and recarpeting that one room.You lose some 'economies of scale' when you do 1 room repairs at a time because the other portion of the house is still occupied.

I sold a house to a FHA buyer, and the inspector made me repaint the eves because the pain job was 3 years old and was barely starting to flake ... wouldn't grant a mortgage because of some flecking paint and everything else pristine.

Current Rent Roll so you can see if tenants are paying and up to date.A copy of lease agreements so you can see when each lease is up, if a tenant moves out while you are closing you may have to pay to have carpets cleaned/replaced, repaint etc.  

New roof, HVAC, Repaint the entire exterior of the property, anything that improves the value of the property.The amount/percentage you keep in reserve for each depends on the type, age, and condition of the property.