In the bigger scheme of things, minor items like that are not important and she should just clean them and not notify me.

@Ken Truong,Slow down on the get rich quick schemes and gurus. 

If the tenant did a good job painting the rooms in a colour that works, leave them that colour. 

A few years ago I was approached by a 'friend' who was doing a great biz of charging homeowners a pretty hefty fee in exchange for the info and program to pay off the principle of a home loan and save HUGE bucks of ...

Shutters are pretty inexpensive in the grand scheme of things and help a lot with curb appeal in my opinion. 

it all sounds like a scheme for a profit.

Another factor is their discount scheme on paint might be different for sherman williams than other brands, I do have 55% discount on Glidden, but I only have 10% discount on dunn edwards and frazee.

These tiles are herder to clean as dirt gets caught in the pock marks.We don't use porcelain, they are too brittle and harder to cut, more breakage.All ceramic tiles will chip, drop a heavy object on them and they will break, pour red wine on ceramic and leave it there for days and they will discolor a bit, but not usually bad enough to replace a tile, but if you have to, so be it, that's why you keep spares.I really don't see enough difference between the price grades to justify it and have never replaced a tile floor as yet, some are 20 years old and still look great.I am not saying you should choose the cheapest materials, you need a complete decorating scheme, that is neutral, easy on the eyes, and totally maintainable and durable.

It is pretty small in the scheme of things.

@Kenneth PichaThe lack of get rich quick schemes is one of my favorite things about this site.