I can be hard headed, and by being nice and covering it with flowers may not get a point across.  

As you and Paul have both said I will need to further explore the variety of niches.  

I look for products that are safe to use around vegetables and flowers.

I take weekly rental reservations for a variety of vacation properties for a living.

It'll give you a variety of things and rough prices, but it doesn't tell you what to look for and what signs mean what.

We have a paragraph "REPAIR AND TENANT MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES" dedicated to this purpose and list a number of things they are responsible for, and have them initial that paragraph and an addendum in the lease that lists a variety of repair costs if they are the cause of damage. 

You could set up a partnership with him to place the money in a variety of smaller properties and split the equity.

Realtors in most cases have an understanding of why they chose the asking price, while some, but not all, homeowners may choose an asking price for a variety of reasons. 

We found plenty of marijuana and crack pipes, pills of almost every variety and about a half pound of cocaine. 

That will quickly add some variety to the colors and really punch up the curb appeal I think.