Greyson county was the nearest county that received a "green" rating (using a relative scale from red to green colors... would translate to a 1-5 rating with 5 being best, or green).That piqued my interest at the time, but like you said, "surely there are deals close to me".  

At least one had a different exterior paint color. 

I have upgraded the units with things like luxury vinyl flooring, clean surfaces painted with good colors, good but non fancy kitchen cabinets.  

I keep track of checks and dates received.I use a SUM function to see how much is owed, how much outstanding and total interest rate.I can color code redeemed properties a different color.It is super easy to customize. and once you set it up it automates everything but entering the data once you get a redemption check or a deed.You can copy over the tab to a new one and start a new year with all your formulas intact.

Otherwise you're just shooting in the dark.

I would lose.. so why go through the fight in the first place... we have them resold at a nice profit already so it worked.. my point was that I was of the same mind you were with liquidated damages clause in the EM agreement but come to find out INdy does not have them as a standard fill in the blanks like we have on the west coast.I just won my first performance case of my career last year.. it took two years and about 10k in attorney fee's.. and I was totally shocked but the judge allowed me ALL of my attorneys fee's in other cases I have won over the years the judge usually just gave us a token amount .Now this was a case were the seller and I went into contract and the seller went dark..

Once you reach the price they are looking for it will change color and say "reserve price met".

Could you share what color (paint) you used for the walls?

Comes pre mixed in a nice grey color.

Not the ivory-colored boxes I'd imagined at all, in fact, highly customizable.