The kitchen cabinets are dark brown (chocolate) and the floor is a light travertine floor.I was inclined towards a lighter granite countertop.Any suggestions for good looking neutral colors?

Try using a couple of different shades of neutral colors, as you don't want the whole house to be 'navajo white.'

Put in escrow with a neutral attorney and take out at closing.

Use neutral colors and materials.

Normally with an agreement to restrict the colors or to repaint the place back to something neutral when the tenant moves out.

I currently have a house where the line voltage on three different circuits is ~190V. 120V between hot and neutral and 60V between neutral and ground.

Jon H- Title to thread said cash flow, not positive cash flow and not negative cash flow and not neutral cash flow.

After that year or more, would it THEN be OK to have a family member buy it, since there had been a legitimate 'neutral party' holding ownership?

Remember as an investor it is not the VOLUME and size of the deals you put together because many can be crap it is the QUALITY of the deals you do.I would rather spend a few months doing an awesome acquisition than buying up marginal to okay deals left and right.I have seen this happen on flips and long term holds.In both cases the investor did real well on one property and then started getting carried away.Pretty soon a couple of marginal deals starting to tank their long term portfolio into a neutral or negative position.Even on flips they made good on a few and then the next few went real bad and they were almost at square one again.You have to treat this business like a pawn shop.You will come across many sellers but few will accept your price and terms.So you have to keep going or come back to the seller until they get desperate enough to meet your terms.A classic tactic with a seller is when they will not accept your price and terms.Then a few months pass and they come back to you.Then if you have a couple deals on your plate you come from a position of power.You let them know you are involved with other projects now and to take this property on now you couldn't pay what you offered before and can now only do XX.There will always be another quality deal to be had but millions of marginal to okay deals to get stuck in for years and paralyze the growth and success of your real estate investment portfolio.

My first thought was that I would have to paint it a neutral color (probably white), and I made my offer with the cost of painting factored in.