But that pales in comparison to a sale after I retire where I would have to pay taxes as regular income on the entire value of the house.

Stick with light colors in the tan-sand-beige-greige range, white woodwork (easy touch-ups), with maybe a pale blue or cream for baths, utility rooms, closets, etc.

Damage to floors and walls will pale in comparison to damage to furniture.

I did Finance but don't have any comments on the electives.In terms of price, they probably aren't the cheapest but the couple hundreds bucks you spends pales in comparison in terms of the amount of money you can make in real estate.

Which sucks, obviously, but it pales in comparison to the costs of having to go through a formal eviction process. 

The economy there is growing slightly, but pales in comparison to KC.

I moved here because even though the taxes may be slightly higher, the purchase prices pale in comparison to the Mass prices. 

For example I always use a beige color (cream in my coffee) , a very light grey (azure snow) , and sometimes a very pale blue in laundry rooms/mud rooms etc.Gives a more “homey” feeling instead of depressing white everywhere!

laminate is far better than carpet, but it pales in durability when held to hardwood

Everybody has a different setting, so that could make a difference, but adversity in real estate typically pales to working a job for someone else.