For lower middle class rental area, do you need to match brands if you're getting new appliances for the kitchen (everything was ripped off by the former owner).

Wow, MikeOH, now I know why you were so insistent about having enough money when you answered my question on "landlording questions" -"my mom's rental kitchen burned".

Overall I would say that on a $20K kitchen redo you might save a few hundred $$, but you'll lose that back in time wasted waiting for delivery.One other opinion that I have on this is that "every" radio talk show host in the surrounding two cities, primarily a bunch of low level rush limbo wannabes does radio ads for them.

The major change we made in this house was opening up the walls and headers between the living room, dining room, and kitchen area.

One will be trashed, its my worst one, another was not finished when folks moved in and I have to gut the kitchen including flooring due to a water leak in a wall, the other is paint , faucets, and some serious cleaning.

I'm going to do another Ohio deal where I'm struggling on which way to go with the kitchen design. 

Vinyl click-lock style goes into kitchens and bathrooms (looks better and is higher quality to sheet vinyl).Higher end properties get hardwoods or bamboo throughout and tile in the kitchen and baths.All options are more expensive than carpets...but you will replace the carpets almost every time you change tenants.

They would rather be in their trucks, driving around town looking at deals, meeting with sellers, sitting at the seller’s kitchen table, making offers, chasing the deal.

Mosly all cosmetic, but one side does have a 1960s kitchen, while the other kitchen is new.  

I found these online, this rehabber really did not know how to layout a kitchen....