Painting the brick white? In Colonial Acres 38117

[Mario Am]

Hey ya'll.

so I looking into flips in 38117 area and have a few questions for those experienced.

Is there any area that is less desirable in zip 38117? Seems to me like when you go below Willow St it goes worse but not sure about it either.. or is all the area solid? 

Also, I am lately seeing a trend of flippers painting the brick white when selling a property, it seems to make properties stand out and sell faster and the old-fashioned me was wondering what everybody's thought about this? Should I go for painting the brick white? While I love the the regular brick color and think its much prettier than white but I don't mind changing it - I am here for whatever makes more money $$$! 

Thanks for any insight you might have..

Kind Regards,

Mario

[Greg Scott]

I know many like painted brick.  It may be fine for flipping.

As for me, I would never buy a property with painted brick.  In the long run, you have taken something that is maintenance free and made it a maintenance headache.  Even worse, if you do not use the right kind of paint, you can destroy the brick.

Last year I toured an apartment complex where the owner used cheap paint on the brick.  They used a non-breathable paint.  The paint was causing the brick to spall, so every wall looked like hell.  Structurally, they damaged the wall and the wall now needed to be painted every few months to keep it from looking like crap.