Painted both of the bedrooms I rented out (one of them was a horrendous blue color) and did some cheap curb appeal fix-ups (mulch, cleaning, etc.)!

@Daniel Mears those clauses would be invalidated in a hurry—they may be a psychological help but not a legal one.

Anything David Lindhal.Verne HarnishI recommend to read lots of marketing & psychology as well.

Any color on how this has worked for you?

And yes, I really do not get a good feeling about tatted head to toe women and people with weird hair colors and piercings.

Dark colors. 

To that end we plan to change the color.

In my market, that is generally the "middle-class" income or blue collar and lower white color neighborhoods, etc. 

It's a loosing battle trying to get him to throw anything out and change his ways, it's a psychological issue.

When it comes to getting quotes from contractors, I know I need to give them a list of things that I want done, but do I include specific products (type and color of LVP flooring, paint colors, brand of kitchen cabinets, etc.)?