We've filed an application for part of the "green stimulous" package.

Try rustoleum in grey or green.

While the OP has been banned from the site for severely crossing the line, I think it is important that he understand that real estate isn't a game.

If you are not tied up with government financing in any way, you can rent only to little green people no taller than four feet, it's your property.

Depends on area.. why they went vacant in PHX and Vegas was that the construction industry came to a dead halt and half the renters worked in the trades and they ended up leaving all together to look for work elsewhere.Also PHX had double whammy if you recall the politics at the time in PHX  were booting Hispanics that did not have green card out of the country...

I understand the need to protect yourself, but at some point I think the thought would cross the sellers mind "I'm getting in over my head with all these clauses!

I don't like the 2% rule, 50% rule, green shirt on Wednesday rule or any other "don't worry you don't have to think just do this one thing for all" rule.

I will post pics next month or in febuary to show how they turned out (fingers crossed).

Actually, it's sounding better, if you find your GC and then go with them to the lender and have a contract for the GC to do the work, then we can cross that issue off the list of concerns.If you do have good credit, money down and a contractor, that changes alot from where you began above.

You've made a good start by finding BiggerPockets, if you are green to the idea of land lording/investing spend some time reading those particular forums.