I tried too much mix up and match ups early in landlording and it is the last thing you want, a paint mystery to solve, when you are getting through a turn around...easy button is one color, in all rooms, closets and units....

@Karen Campbell,The fact that the rent is currently $1000 is per door is still a mystery and pain point on this deal for me.

I think I was right about them wanting to move for reasons unrelated to this mystery non-problem. 

Mine is not to sign an exclusive but to see their financials upfront.If they want to remain a mystery then it's bye,bye time immediately.

I live not too far away and remember when parts of Venice were quite dangerous in the mid 90s with quite a few murders in the Oakwood section.

Mystery Diners" - TV show that shows restaurant employee antics caught on hidden camera.

LOL, he was an attorney who owned about 40 properties that I had done business with and he was later convicted of conspirecy to commit murder, so he went away for some time.....I think he's still there....

I had to actually sit on a jury for a MURDER trial in California.

In my day E palo Alto was the hood in fact a high school friend of was murdered there in the 80's..

-----------------------You have, however, solved a little mystery for me through this explanation.