If you are neutral, then follow the conventional wisdom. 

As it is a rental property and apparently individuals will need to cross over the yard to get from the driveway to the front door, stall dark and neutral.  

I'd really like to get things like area of the marital bed sorted out, proper 50/50, with recourse in the lease that one of us has to decamp to the sofa if they invade the neutral zone in a non amorous way.I'd also like to include pets to limit her to 6 cats.

The third is not in a great spot, is much larger and more expensive then the market supports and is for the most part, cash flow neutral.

Incorporating one accent wall in a complimentary neutral color will make a room pop. 

All money should transfer through a neutral party like escrow, title, or a closing attorney, at closing.

Vanguard has a "Market Neutral" fund that minimizes volatility, but it is expensive and I don't really understand why I would want to buy it.  

Not so much from the how to wholesale beginners who are really just trying to tie up property to flip contracts but I see them taking properties from normal listing channels.But we also have brokers that advertise if I cant sell your home in 60 days I will buy it.. now that has calmed down some now that the market is slowed down and prices have basically neutralized here in Oregon..  

Asset protection has to be designed to be tax neutral, hence why all big firms who have high net worth clients and investors us irrevocable tax neutral self settled spendthrift grantor trusts, either foreign or connected to a domestic counter part. 

All funds should transfer at closing, thru a neutral party such as escrow, title, or a closing attorney.