I hated getting the complaints from SFH renters that they hate the paint color or the light fixture looks old, etc.

Here's another tip: take a photo and print out in color to show dramatic proof.

Works out economically if you are using the same color in most of your properties by buying larger volume of the better paint especially when you catch it on sale.Best Regards,Brian

Siding is two tone colored (white on front/rear and light brown in the back).

I did not read the case cited, however adverse possession has nothing to do with these facts and circumstances.Laws concerning water rights generally come under riparian laws.Adverse possession laws related to either color of title (I.e., relying upon a document that appears to pass title or some interest) or a claim of right (squatter).Easements can be formed by act of law, claim or affirmative or involuntary transfer and may be the area of law that merits further study, in this case.I've been involved in each and every one of these type cases, and each from both sides.

The neighbor's bill rose at the same time. 

As a buyer/investor you can blow as hard as you want trying to educate the guilty parties, but at the end of the day... you'll just be blue in the face and their rose colored glasses will continue tinting their outlook.  

Get familiar with the law first.There are seven "Federal" protected classes for discrimination: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status.

They look like the real thing and come in more modern colors, but obviously they are vinyl and easy to install. 

-Paint spilled on the carpets in every bedroom and slopped on the walls and baseboards because they decided to paint without our permission (really garish colors of course!).