Rodney, I have a chalkboard decorated to my wife's liking in our kitchen.

Wood fire oven and grill, chalk board menu, open/close when I feel like it.

As a Landlord it is like nails against a chalk board but it will ultimately save you time and money, especially in cook county.

Albeit, sometimes I use excel like a chalkboard and I forget what number I tagged to what cell.

It would be nice if real life turned out like it was when we draw it up on the chalk board, but it almost never is.  

I would rather listen to someone scratch a chalk board.

You better be able to see so clearly that you can draw it on a chalkboard. 2. 

I'm exclusively targeting trendy, high-demand areas where tenants tend to be young professionals and am rehabbing the properties with some very trendy, but inexpensive designs like reclaimed wood walls and chalkboard walls.  

Some of this is nails on a chalkboard.

That's a good point.... one person's symphony is another person's chalkboard scratching.J Scott - Do you ever partially stage your houses with just a few things?