The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel may provide you with some answersCiaoGino

Also have great bill paying tenants...Plus, psychologically, I think if a tenant thinks he's paying x, including utilities it doesn't SEEM as much... :)Also, when I rented rooms on another one of my  properties, there were always utility squabbles.  

Most of them are $10 or a bit more with extra digital items included, and it's very easy to add your info, brand the colors and then upload it to Dropbox.

Best part about a 3rd party inspection is that the inspector can say "I'm just doing my job" and psychologically the tenants are a lot nicer and more understanding when they can say that.

2) How important is it to have a variety of colors throughout the home?

Painting houses a neutral color is the easiest and least expensive way to get houses rented or sold. 

Or keep the uppers and lowers the same and contrast the island color. 

All foreclosures are based on gross fraud, forged signatures,fake documents, corrupted judges who are criminals working for the bankers.The same goes for the attorneys.This country doesn't have the lawyers, and public officials are not following the law.Not the common law not even their own fake, UCC code color of law.BAR attorneys are foreign agents trained to destroy American people and American Constitution!

As long as you follow the rules like lawn maintenance, paint the fence a certain color, keep the house a decent color you'll be fine.

Some people think the sky is falling and others are throwing all their chips in to ride the bull forward.when the sentiment is split, it's a good time to buy.when the sentiment is everyone would like to buy, is time to get out. please note that our psychology is impacted so much by that bombardment of news that we're going to the recession,layoff,ww 3, russia invasion,etc,etc.....