Once you've seen what kind of colorful presentations are possible, you'll be inspired to select plant species that still look great. 

The stain guys came one day and made samples and I picked a color.

You are lucky she is showing her true colors now when you can potentially do something about it as opposed to when she has already moved in.The "I try to help people out" approach to rental real estate rarely works. 

No colorful intros here, I’ll get straight to it……I woke up one morning at the age of 41 realizing I had little to no retirement.  

We try and keep the colors we use for everything as neutral and appealing to as many people as possible.There is also some yard work left to be done as well.

*You need to setup your office (whether home or building) with the right equipment, such as a color printer, computer, Internet, webpage, vonage phone, stamps.com, etc.

I thought about doing some colored stone on the front patch and sort of caging it with chicken wire (to hopefully prevent people from picking up the chips and throwing them, etc).  

And to respond to @Travis Lloyd I think San Francisco offers equally colorful and highly counter intuitive market dynamics :)For instance, we also have those pesky non profit guys hanging around the courthouse and stepping in the last minute to pay a tenants rent just so they don't get evicted!  

Doing a live-in rehab could be a great way to get your whole family involved, teaching your children new skills and trying out new colors/materials before deploying them in your rental units; just don't go overboard with the scope.Are you a member of the Memphis Investors Group (MIG)?  

The well put together and pristine offering package definitely displays the professionalism of the team, however, investors should not take the pretty colors or pictures to make their decisions.