But those melange (I'm sure there's a better term) patterns hide a lot more than the white counters.  

Before you do anything.. go sit down with a local land planner engineer and have them tell you what you really have.Also go to the county planning and see if your shadow plat can be reverted to legal buildable lots.in Portland this is quite common its called a lot confirmation.A little history on the West coast.Our cities basically expanded from San Francisco back in the 1800's and the same engineering firms that platted SF in the middle 1800s also did Portland and many other cities.. so they did this with 25/100 lots on a grid pattern.. its those 25 X 100 lots that are under your plats and sometimes 50x100  unless someone did a reversion to acreage or combined them legally many times they are still legal lots.and or like Portalnd they have all sorts of funky ways you can resplit them easily.for instance I have one right now  were I had one home it was a tear down tore it down. it had 4  25x 100s  but because the house straddled the middle two they would only allow 3 lots.well I confirmed 3 lots then did lot line adjustments so I got 1 skinny  28 and 2 36's  the 36s I sold for 50k premium over the 28s and a 50 foot with two 25s  would not have netted me as much either .and to be frank..

Best to stick to patterns/colors that will hide scuffs and stains.

do granite if you can find one of the independents with the tools/connections.... half bulnose/flat in a pattern and really common color.ikea has really cheap formica (almost to the point of per/renter  expandable) but you need a quick and good handyman.formica also makes solid surface (not just foil)... not sure how it handles a hot pot and knife cutting....you can also do really large porcelain/granite tiles (18-20"+ inches) with very thin grout lines...concrete can go with a very good sealer, and somebody who knows what to do.but in the end, you want something you can replicate again and again with not a lot of headaches down the road...continuous success

Today, data allows us to see the real patterns," Mr.

You need to understand the traffic patterns and demographics to know what you are buying. 

The data interpretation would be useful in a few ways I would imagine.For example, analyzing traffic and usage patterns for vehicles and common usage areas would be good to determine the anticipated lifetime of the asphalt parking lot and if sidewalks or walking paths are not being used and why. 

You will just need to show a pattern of continued late payments, and serve notice to cease, followed by notice to quit. 

They ALSO want to see your pattern of saving!

At the moment I am in a holding pattern to see if this works itself out.