My parents, who found it, say it could use another coat of paint on the walls to mask the old colors and hopefully the mild smoke.

You want something that everyone recognizes as normal.Back to the exterior: you want it to be in obviously good exterior condition and have a fresh coat of paint in a normal color scheme.

AP cases that involve color of title are unique in terms of how they are possessed.

I need to know what the steps are to put the wheels in motion.

A fairly new home that was built in 2007, but the previous tenants had pets that they never let out to use the bathroom, and kids that liked to color on walls, etc. 

That is, a list of paint colors, cabinets, countertops, trim, faucets, light fixtures, etc. with SKUs and pricing for all of them, all pre-designed to go with each other.

you can tell from my picture that I do not resemble the main stream  shape or skin color . 

Saying you do not take section 8 in the counties/cities where source of income is a protected class is no different than saying you do not accept tenants of a particular color or race, or other protected class.

I used Listsource to create a list of 212 Absentee Owners with equity.I went driving for dollars for about a month and compiled an extra 20 contacts to mail.Then I used Google to compile a good letter I wanted to use as a mailerI used plain white printing paper with a red font (looks like handwriting)Bought stamps and labels at a discount from Ebay (and used Ebates.com for an extra 1% cash back)I also used a local company to print 200 one color one sided bandit signs for $185.03 total (free pickup, no shipping costs)And got H-stakes from Home Depot for roughly $0.30 each1st dealI got a call from someone way out in Lakeland, FL.

IRR is far superior in its ability to account for leverage and the motions you have to go through to calculate it force you to have a deeper understanding of how the the money flows through a property.However, the biggest problem with IRR when looking at Real Estate is that so much of the estimated return is based on your exit valuation, which depending on what sort of real estate you are involved in, can be absurdly difficult to calculate.The important thing isn't to decide which metric is better than others, it's the ability to separate out your revenue, expenses and cashflow to see where all money goes.