They have their own CMA form and want the pictures in color, they also want it typed, not handwritten.

It will provide you color and help you getting bang for your buck when you attend events and meet people. 

I don't think many tenants care what color of the house is.

Make sure you pick light paint colors throughout, get rid of any heavy/dark curtains and such, upgrade or install bright light fixtures where needed, etc.This all comes from my own experience in Southern California.

I just started an absentee owner campaign where I'm split testing white envelopes vs color.

Red brick and green accents= Christmas colors too!

love your post and eye for design. once the creative juices flow i find them difficult to subdue. to "relax", but sometimes this is a good thing. it sounds like you have a great plan... newbie here too. just wished to introduce myself. formerly from washington, dc, i'm just getting started in the staging arena in california and i'm looking to make some connections as well. thanks and sincerely, sydney

@Alex Craig As always, the colorful metaphors.

If the make, model and color of refrigerator wasn't specifically addressed in your contract, you may be out of luck. 

There's all kinds of reasons not to allow it (i.e. they rarely/never do a good job, there's no incentive for them not to cut corners since it's not really their house, they could get hurt doing the work, they tend to pick weird colors, if the work doesn't come out good you have have little/no recourse, etc).