Some simple things to look at are: is the exterior or interior paints either faded or have an outdated color scheme?

No problem Hayley, awesome stuff...I built a Rental Repair Forecaster with automatic formulas that change color depending on the year and depending on the life expectancy of the item.

Stable Blue Color Neighborhoods Any response would be appreciated.

I want to have my cake, and eat a little bit of it, too. The

That would turn me off.Also you have 2 different color appliances.

The Stab-Loc panels are easily identifiable by the red colored breaker handles (though some breakers may have been replaced/upgraded at some point).FYI, all FPE panels are considered old and due for replacement, but only the Stab-Loc ones are covered by the CPSC recall/recommendation.

Wear lighter or pastel colors to appear less intimidating.

The appliance salesman trying to sell me on color instead of quality. 

It's not like the homes are color-coded, I have never seen cockroaches running all over the outside so how does an official find the slum-lords and know others are a-ok? 

If I had what I knew to be (and we note brand/color on move in condition forms) a typical disposer less than three years old, and a plumber wanted to replace it because it was broken, I would ask him to tell me (I always have service call vendors call me from site for approvals once they determine the problem) what is broken, and I would ask him to text me a photo to see for myself what he is looking at.