The color of the pain on the walls shouldn't matter (paint is cheap). how nice the kitchen is shouldn't matter.

@Mike Marino Here are some other things to consider as you go through the refi process and survive with flying colors!

Hard surface flooring, modern colors & feel, good materials.

Hard surface flooring, modern colors & feel, good materials.

Use colors that catch the eyes, look up marketing colors and how people react to them.

absolutely but don't feel bad, even with the older ones there will ALWAYS be a few undetectable $$$ surprises.We had a horrible chipped, colored many times, bathtub & leak prone tiled surround in a circa 1978 SFR & we didn't have the time to rehab it.

The Cook County Human Rights Ordinance: This ordinance prohibits people in Cook County (including employers, landlords, property managers, real estate agents, store and restaurant owners, bankers, lenders and Cook County government officials and employees) from unlawfully discriminating against or harassing other people on the basis of that person's race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, source of income (including use of a housing choice voucher), housing status, or gender identity.

Seems in okay condition and has life left but my main issue is the color I think its so ugly.

Real world color: we have a duplex in a great neighborhood and generally have no downtime when a tenant moves out. 

After much research, planning, goal setting, and purchasing my first two SFR with the VA Loan while moving around duty locations with the Army, I finally took the first action step of building my multifamily portfolio with the purchase of a Duplex several months back.As I begin to build momentum with my purchases, I want to develop a "template" or rather a material list with (color / type / brand/ price / vendor) that would serve as my go to for items such as paint, types of blinds, carpet, flooring, hardware, ceiling lighting etc..