I like the strategy of showing them the lease & them brushing the topic of eviction.

I would not recommend brush painting them, my mother did that and you can see the brushstroaks, which again, doesnt look extremlely modeen.

It almost looks like brush strokes like it is primer or something..hard to tell.

One thing you could do is use S mortar or something similar with a brushed texture to go over the top of the faux brick if it's structurally sound, and then get artistic with a sponge with a row on the bottom (all along the front, under the windows, etc) , to give those bricks a nice natural tone/look (tans, greys, with multiple passes with dabbing with a sponge) might give you a really nice look.This is all if the brick is structurally sound, of course. 

I did everything myself aside from the staining - better half was an art major in college and is much better than me with a brush.

If your brush hits it, oh well it blends right in.  

Awesome stuff, very easy to roll or brush on with no streaks.

Cabinets can be especially difficult as the different grains in the wood and the frames themselves can make the brush marks stand out.

You can dramatically change a bathroom by going from brushed nickel to oil rubbed bronze or like the picture in your example, gold to any other finish easily later on.Some ideas I personally have done and love:Heated floors.  

So far we've taken all the wood off the top (underside) of the porch and replaced it with tongue and grove pine and replaced the single ugly exterior light with 3 brushed steel pot lights attached to a dimmer.