The responses came back neutral to negative, as they work with me for my experience and appreciate the boutique feel.But I am considering expanding geographically outside of just the city of Chicago and into the suburbs. 

Because an escrow officer may only act on instructions and documents agreed to by the parties to a transaction, if a dispute or disagreement occurs, the escrow officer must remain neutral and will not proceed until the parties have reached a mutual agreement.

If not, keep it neutral like an apartment home.

As long as it's cash flow neutral at the start you'll do fine.

If you take a long at Hawaii's tenant-landlord handbook, you'll see it is actually pretty neutral/or even slight favoring of landlords.

With that said, are there any favorite neutrals (light browns or grays) that individuals use on their rentals?

Under the terms of the pledge, housing lenders affirm they may provide the following for eligible mortgage holders who demonstrate a significant financial impact from the pandemic:Grace Period for Mortgage Payments: Offer deferred payments with repayment terms that avoid immediate repayment at the end of the deferral period.Suspension of Foreclosures: Provide relief from foreclosure filing until May 31, 2020.Neutral Reporting to Credit Agencies: No reporting late payments to credit reporting agencies, consistent with applicable guidelines, for residential borrowers taking advantage of COVID-19 related relief, provided that loans that were delinquent prior to deferral will continue to be reported as delinquent.No Late Fees for Missed Payments: Provide relief from mortgage-related fees.The following organizations have committed to the Chicago Housing Solidarity Pledge:Bank of AmericaBMO Harris BankByline BankCIBCFifth Third BankFirst Eagle BankFirst Midwest BankNorthern Trust BankPNCUS BankWintrust BankSecond Federal Credit UnionSeaway Credit UnionLawyers Committee for Better Housing (LCBH)Chicagoland Apartment Association (CAA)Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance (NBOA)Chicago Association of REALTORS (CAR)Here's a link to the announcement:  Press Release

We also shouldn't be so emotionally upset about our past bad/nonpaying tenants that we compare them to our OP here.Please keep things kind or at least neutral in this thread so that we don't have to close it down. 

They’ll probably be cashflow neutral but you’re expecting in 30 years when it’s paid off it has doubled twice. (4.8% per year).

To me white seems so clean and crisp, especially with a neutral colored wall.