Even the dumbest seller understands they entered a contract and that attempting to circumvent the agreement is wrong, so showing a seller your true colors might clue them in to thinking they should avoid doing business with you.

Even S8 tenants don't seem to destroy tile, and you can have the same tile in place for 20 years if you put in a nice neutral color.

A lot of what you read are going to be rosy colored puff pieces, but you are looking for the business climate itself. 

Frat boys will run amok, families will tear down your walls, old couples will "forget" to pay you for months on end and random people will paint your walls with oil paints in colors that children would find revolting.Screen people, take the max security deposit and make sure you are protected from damages in every way you and your lawyer can think of.

Then in the two weeks following, called several times about what she needed, wanted bars on windows because the place is on the first floor, called a day or two later, said the place needed an alarm system, then called to say wanted the kitchen painted another color.

We did a 'light tan color' it may have faded a little but I can't really tell you for sure.  

Try a "cool" front door color to make your front entry more attractive/different, and add some inexpensive landscape improvements, like mulch, to boost the curb appeal.Godspeed!

“Fully renovated” in today’s market means the front door is a trendy color, the cabinets are probably white, subway tile dark floors.

@Steven Gesis - I recommend updating every light bulb within the residents' apartments with LED(careful with the color temp- 2700 K is safe everywhere, you can go to 3000 K in kitchens if you want.)

What was over $4k in a current color cost me just under $2k in cherry.