Do you want to spend time polishing a SS fridge? 

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kwikset-667-Single-Sided-Polished-Brass-Deadbolt-667-3-RCAL-RCS/203223158?

I look at the whole concept of wholesaling as a way to "dig up" rough gems to later be polished by rehabbers and sold to end users who want that sparkle! 

Wes Brand I tried to do a polished and stained concrete floor once - it was cheaper to just tile the whole thing (unless you have big areas with few obstructions and good condition concrete, polishing and staining is too labor intensive).I too would look first at tile.

The ones that need a good cleaning and polishing are the ones that make you money.

Two other options other than Google Voice (which is really basic from my experience) and can make you seem a bit more professional / polished are Vumber and Dialpad.

orDo I go for a polished real estate company approach, using some fancy name like "Precision Properties" (sorry if I stole someone's company name for this example)? 

A quick polish may well get some of the heavy scratching down a bit.

Maybe with a little paint and polish?? 

In terms of holding a contest - you can look at most of the previous artwork  they have done in the past to get an idea of how good they are and can also ready the comments from their customers - good, bad, or ugly. it's at least worth taking a look - especially if you already know what type of design you are looking for and just need them give a nice polish = if you have no idea what you want to do - I'm sure they have designers who have plenty of ideas - but I have never gone that route as I usually know what I want - just don't know how to graphically design it ( though i do know enough about photoshop to get myself into trouble sometimes) Lets us know how it turns out  and we would love to see your logo when its complete.