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5 August 2015 | 20 replies
I have similar colored carpets in one of my rentals and was able to remove even darker staining (see attached pic).
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16 February 2021 | 9 replies
I love the shade trees even though falling branches can be a pain.
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21 February 2017 | 8 replies
It's not too close to the house and the house is a green with darker green trim and some cream colored trim.
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13 April 2018 | 6 replies
Use it throughout and maybe a color in the same family but darker (?)
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16 September 2019 | 2 replies
ALso pick a darker color like walnut brown, the core of the laminate is darker colored, so when the wear layer gets scratched it's much less noticeable when the top color is a darker too.Carpet is absolutely the easiest and most forgiving flooring, but, you will have to professionally clean it, it will stain easier, it will be more susceptible to bed bugs.also, carpet does not age well... and when I carpeted my units I found that we ended up having to recarpet every 5-10 years because the places wouldn't show well with 5-7 year old well lived on carpet, no matter how many times we cleaned them(cats and dogs were there, even worse).... with laminate flooring it's more like 7-12 years.Also, I approximate that you get a solid 10-15% more with "wood looking" vinyl, laminate, or tile.Just my 2c
28 December 2016 | 23 replies
In my market, I stay FAR away from neighborhoods that start to shade yellow on Trulia's crime maps.
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30 October 2015 | 46 replies
The number shades a bit higher if you're building on a slope, building in a place with excessive permitting, etc.
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28 October 2016 | 24 replies
Perhaps more costs.Also, when I peeked at your ad last night it seemed: (1) yours was the only rental in the area, so no instant comparables, (2) the photo of the exterior of your house was mostly in the shade (quite a contrast between left and right sides..), (3) for some reason, many of your photos initially loaded onto my screen sideways.