Dark colors and off the wall colors are used as necessary , Usually to spray rafters in basements as a primer . ( old wood soaks up lost of paint )

Companies are now set up for more people to work remotely, and many have lost their fear of letting their employees work remotely.

Obviously if someone has already done all their research or seen a lot of homes or has made a few offers and lost out in previous bidding wars then a quick decision would be easier for them.

I am also currently listening to "Your money or your life" on audiobook and reading the "book on rental property investing" at night, my wife thinks I have lost it because I read it to my kids as their night time book last night, just a couple of chapters....they seemed to enjoy it, lol. 

What you learn managing through this will easily recoup any lost investment. 

“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves” Peter Lynch.

I currently work a job that pays very well, the only issue is that I have lost interest in it and it has had a negative impact on my life recently.

I had a couple of SFRs about a decade ago out of Market (Phoenix) that I lost in an ugly Bankruptcy that was both a blessing and a curse. 

Cash reserves probably wouldn't have made much difference in this case as it was extreme, but when our tenant (who was in the military) was reassigned 6 months into a two year lease, the same month my wife, who was six months pregnant, lost her job, and after three months we were still without a new tenant, the choice was made for us. 

It sounds like they've permanently lost a client in you, but I think it's doubtful they've gone out and broken a law.