Here are my thoughts:Small banks/credit unions - A lot of upfront work to build the relationship and I may not have enough volume to justify the effort.Small hedge funds - My gut feeling is that by the time that tape gets to the individual investor, most of the “cream” has been skimmed off.

I went with a light cream/white color to match the trim in the house.  

It's like finding YOUR flavor combo at the ice cream parlor, there is no wrong answers just YOUR answers. 

If your tax liability adds $278/mo and you only have room for +$79/mo, then we need to shave off $200/mo in other items. 

@Ian S. Have

It's like you saying "Why I like Vanilla Ice Cream better than Chocolate Ice Cream", then tell us you've never actually tasted either but did work in a Baskin-Robbins that only sold Vanilla Ice Cream and saw how much everyone else liked it.

That being said, you can certainly shave a lot of time off of flip, if you know how to properly schedule your teams.  

I also work out in the burbs so shaving some time off the commute was also a factor. 

There are many ways to look at this requirement.The IRS allows you to pay estimated tax payments by 2 methods. 1) Paying in tax in quarterly installments based on tax calculated2) Paying in 100% or 110% of prior year tax in quarterly installmentsThe next thing you need determine if you are using option 1 is whether or not the K-1's have an impact on your prior year return and if they will impact your current year return.The K-1 will not have an impact on your return if you historically received losses from the K-1's and you expect the current year K-1 to also be a loss or if you believe the income will be absorbed by suspended passive activity losses.One other thing to consider is that the penalty for failure to make estimated tax payments is likely the smallest penalty when comparing it to the failure to pay or failure to file penalty.Would you rather pay your accountant his hourly rate to avoid paying a $10 penalty.

Stick to cream, off whites, grays for colorAnother tip: I used brushed nickel finishes because they are a lot more "water friendly" Black and chrome fixtures can look awful if they are not constantly cleaned.