Vinyl plank for rental

[Carole G.]

We have a home that had new vinyl just a few years ago, but the tenants tore holes in it, and now the vinyl is no longer made, so I can't patch it.  We would like to put down a vinyl plank, so that you can just take up a damaged piece and replace it, without replacing the whole room.  The vinyl plank we have found is all wood grain and it doesn't look good with our oak cabinets that are in the home.  I would like something that looks more like a stone, or even like the vinyl squares we found at Home Depot.  The flooring guy we usually buy from says the vinyl squares at Home depot don't perform well for renters.  Anyone have experience with these vinyl squares at Home Depot?  Anyone have any recommendations for us?  I can't just do tile, because the floor is plywood and it is too expensive and time consuming to lay underlayment, etc. 

[JD Martin]

I guess it depends on the price point of what you're doing, but if this is not a high-end A home I don't see where you can't find something that will work. We just had this done on one of our budget homes:

Those are vinyl glue-down planks, $.99/sf . They're not self-stick - you put down an adhesive and these lie in the adhesive. But if you ever get a damaged piece, you can heat gun it, chisel it out and lay a new piece right in the slot.