I had a $500K investor de-commit due to a personal "black swan" event and that is not fun when this happens near close.  

The tiles were in good condition but were 1inch alternating black & red & the tub plumbing, shower diverter etc was very old, corroded & difficult to access.

It was a cop.He'd been notified about a young white male driving a black truck, creeping around knocking on/opening doors (again, not what I did).

By saying that you're basically stating they could say "no black people can come to the house" which is a matter of racism and discrimination.  

Before I get to the point no return, I wanted to see if anyone here knows him, and has worked with him.His name is Alex Elezaj at Black Mountain Capital.  

Also, white, black or stainless appliances?

We had two projects that put us all in the black. 

It's definitely a plus if it works with the budget but you might want to consider diverting the money to replacing the cabinets instead of painting them and then install a nice granite look-alike laminate top (black granite w/gloss finish looks almost like the real thing).

We had 8 adults with black lights scouring every inch of our backyard for an hour.

Finally, try this: Figure out how much you want to spend and write: "Final and Best Offer" at the top in big black letters.