I am looking for suggestions on materials and colors etc.

- Everything costs more than you expect (as investors I think we see things through rose-colored glasses).

If you are looking to keep it you may want to think about going with Hardie board and just paint it the color needed to match the color scheme you want to go with...it shouldn't be too expensive.

We removed the raspberry colored carpeting to find nice wood floors that had been painted with a dark brown thick enamel paint.

Because you're still showing a property you do not own legally.However, if you learn how to close a deal in your name and then sell and you can show a pattern of buying and selling,I doubt any regulator would violently object if your buyers were asking that you add a deck, new cabinets and appliances while specifying colors.......but technically, you are not to  advertise or show real estate that you do not have legal title to;  exceptions, acting as a licensed agent, estate settlements by the administrator/executor or with a power of attorney under specific directions and not for profit.....states may vary. 

Oakland that was painted like the American flag and all the colors of the rainbow inside. 

If the buyer is asking me to use things (paint colors, fixtures) that are highly customized but can easily be changed, I would include something in the addendum making the buyer responsible for paying to change those things if he backs out.

Here are the numbers:$48,000 Purchase$11,630 Repairs$1,301 Buying Closing Costs$550 Utilities$403 Loan and Interest$2,925 Selling Closing costs (we paid 2k of buyer's costs)$64,799 Total Costs$17,201 ProfitBefore:Deteriorated concrete pad, paint on the bricks, and overgrown and dying shrubs.Hard to see the house from the street.Some tile damage, and a very dated knob and drain set.Yes, that is a pale green wall color.

Order it in the color you want!

I was first thinking in tinting them, then change my mind to probably just apply some clear coat varnish that enhances the color and brings some gloss and life into them.