@Danielle Thompson have you spent any time at local RE groups?  

I would never consider using Ikea (hate that store by the way) when you can buy Chinese knock down Shaker style in White, Expresso and Gray in any market.  

Scott Thompson Assumming it's a rent-ready SFR property (either because you're buying it with tenants or you've completed renovations), I would make sure I had $5k liquid, and access to at least $10k in some sort of credit or liquid investment, and access to more as a backstop (from family, friends, whatever).Part of that is maintenance, but part of it is to handle potential lack of rent payment.I expect I'd feel different in a different market with Different price points.

I have two finish types typically: Brown and Gray. 

A duplex buy and hold we recently purchased has a front stoop with side walls (the sides of the steps, about 2 feet high on each side) made of gray cement blocks. 

Lanetta Gray welcome to BP

Gray with beige/blue specks in it.

I see the trends going to more cool neutrals (grays) than browns and I second the idea of using navy.

The multi-trillion dollar black and gray market economies would no longer be untaxed, since a sales tax of 23%, as I recall, would be levied on consumption.

Just replace that grout, buy a coordinating shower curtain from Overstock.com with and paint the vanity and trim in a steel gray, like Valspar's Beguile or similar.