He's got standard models he buys to replace everything so that all of his apartments have the same appliances. I've tried to get him to upgrade when he's replaced dishwashers and washing machines, no dice. He's usually got an appliance on deck ready to go to replace the next one that dies in one of his units. Which honestly is more prepared than any other landlord I've met so hard to complain, but even harder to get him to upgrade.

I've got a home purchase in my near future, that's the real solution to this problem.