Lately home depot prices on shaker style cabs aren't terrible.

I'm sure there's an acronym somewhere but it really doesn't matter.But, we've also done some deals that probably aren't as great as they could have been, we could have waited and got better deals, but we have one small problem - we don't have a crystal ball.So we play the game the best we can today, rather than worry about the deal that may or may not happen tomorrow.However, of the bad deals, although they may not be as good as we want it opens doors (both physically and metaphorically).For instance, we got to a size of SFRs (with the bad deals - grass still needs cutting) where my wife employed a gardener for two months whilst I was away.

Now, go to Lowe's or Home Depot, or contact that INVESTOR FRIENDLY CONTRACTOR you heard about, and get this estimate based on your notes.  

If you have the time to DIY it, it's pretty cheap to get new cabinets from Ikea (A quick guestimate puts it at ~$1100 based on two 15" base cabs, one 30" base, and 4 30" wall cabs), and their butcher block countertop is dirt cheap(~$200for 74" sheet of solid oak)You can also just replace all the doors; there are companies that will do that for you; If it's a standard size (and I imagine those are), you should be able to get replacement doors from home depot / lowes.Unfortunately, because of the style of those doors you can't just put new pulls on them or repaint them.

I can't find any at Home Depot.

Our franchise is a national partner with Home Depot so we try to get our materials there when possible.

Currently, there is a single car garage on the south side of the property, a parking spot just north of that, then a garden just north of the parking spot.

Home Depot doesn't charge you less when your rents are less.

The two big ticket items were paint $1500 (1200 sq ft home with peeling paint on door frames and new paint needed for all interior doors) and $1100 for carpet ($0.85/sq ft @ Home Depot).

The generic "speed cote" paint at the depot has covered every color I've tried in two coats, at under $15 a gallon.