Use the same colour as the rest of the house.

Now days we need to look at Macro Economics and grand scheme of things, rather than worry about 1 or 2 deals.  

@Peter T.From the early days of BP they have warned against what they have called the “gurus”, warning members against paying high fees to get sold promises of get rich quick schemes.

You know how to get quick credit when you need it and I suspect we're all in the position of knowing some local people who have been in this business longer than us who are mostly in the business of quiet and quick private lending on the downlow these days.Of course, as @Jay Hinrichs points out, you had better be extremely conservative with your debt as well, understand that running cheap properties as a get-rich-quick scheme never works out for anyone but criminals.

All systems are not "get rich quick schemes".

Also, it’s difficult to create a cohesive finished project with a hodgepodge of inexpensive items from resale stores (for not that much in savings in the grand scheme of things).

@Theresa HarrisMan the stock market is the worlds greatest ponzi scheme.

The color scheme for the paint job, matching the lights with the faucets and all that good stuff.

You need a sophisticated asset protection scheme. 

In my case, I learned (just through public records, the information was readily available to anyone willing to dig for it) that the municipal and school funding of the area was about to DOUBLE due to the expiration of a tax scheme.