SFH deal with schools, jobs, paint color, yard size, etc.

In total, we spent about 6 months ironing down the window size, materials, color, and any exterior changes visible from the street.Getting Exterior Changes ApprovedGETTING TO WORKOnce you get through historic and planning, the building department (ISD) is a whole different animal to wrestle.

Placed functional antiques in every room, an antique persian rug, a few animal skins.

The kitchen cabinets were three different colors, so I knew unifying them would help visually.

Things like wrong brick or brick color. 

- @Max Ferguson Definitely eager to start with something relatively simple to get some skin in the game and learn firsthand.

So is the brightly colored over the top places.

Shingle manufacturers change their colors every 5-8yrs, so you should be able to find the same matching shingle and blend it into the existing. 

If you are in a bad neighborhood then you need to grow thicker skin to handle being a landlord in such a neighborhood.If this is loads of different guys/people then that is different than an individual.

Specifying colors, tile, cabinets or anything else in a rehab is directing the borrower.