The space feels much larger with the white cabinets and lighter colored floors.  

My last unit was a lighter tone.Brown, tan, rented!!

The clincher was when she told me the place has fire safety sprinkIers, and that she was wondering if “they even worked”, so she held a lighter to one for a half hour.

Being made of regular and many times upgraded housing materials instead of that lighter fiberboard stuff, energy efficient windows, and even wood studs gives you more of solid feel.

and big name folks that have lots of jobs as references for u to look at will be less flexible cuz they've already established a reputation.make sure its guaranteed for many years and u inspect firmness regularly as gates/fences can fall down and hurt/KILL pets or kids etc. thats why aluminum is smarter cuz its somewhat lighter than iron/steel.also make sure up front that if installer wants to leave his logo on it, that its small and also that u get a discount for it too. good bargaining chip!

Like this:http://www.bathauthority.com/images/shower/Doors/b...Just adding the bathtub shower doors might work, but if you also changed the tub to a white one, I think it would break up all that brown, and look nicer.Another cheap fix might be to change out the linoleum to a lighter design with a lot of white, if the flooring is linoleum. 

some sub floors are lighter then others so a good underlay and Carpet in dry areas should help to reduce the noise. 

Are you looking to qualify full doc with W-2's, tax returns etc or looking for a lighter doc program?

Personally, I like the lighter flips as you can get in and out, less risk involved, less hold time on your money, less time for the market to shift, etc.

In smaller SFH it's a bit dark so we plan to go lighter.