IMO the current colors are unappealing. 

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in August:-Following a record-setting performance in July, single-family home sales held to positive territory again in August, rising 6.0 percent year-over-year with 9,195 units sold;-The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes lowered from 53 to 51 days;-Total property sales rose 7.3 percent with 11,121 units sold;-Total dollar volume jumped 13.4 percent to $3.5 billion;-The single-family home median price rose 7.6 percent to $269,000 – the second highest median price of all time;-The single-family home average price increased 7.8 percent to $334,256 – the second highest average price in history;-Single-family homes months of inventory registered a 2.8-months supply, down from 4.1 months last August and below the national inventory level of 3.1 months;-Townhome/condominium sales rose 1.3 percent, with the average price up 4.5 percent to $216,733 and the median price up 1.7 percent to $175,000;-Single-family home rentals dropped 13.3 percent with the average rent up 2.3 percent to $1,961;-Townhome/condominium leases fell 13.7 percent with the average rent up 1.0 percent to $1,654.

I suggest asking for a color PDF copy of that appraisal and there’s a chance it can be used with another lender with the right process set in place.

Ask for Aubrey Rose, he leads the department.

Thanks @Jack Medford for the additional color and reference. 

ALso pick a darker color like walnut brown, the core of the laminate is darker colored, so when the wear layer gets scratched it's much less noticeable when the top color is a darker too.Carpet is absolutely the easiest and most forgiving flooring, but, you will have to professionally clean it, it will stain easier, it will be more susceptible to bed bugs.also, carpet does not age well... and when I carpeted my units I found that we ended up having to recarpet every 5-10 years because the places wouldn't show well with 5-7 year old well lived on carpet, no matter how many times we cleaned them(cats and dogs were there, even worse).... with laminate flooring it's more like 7-12 years.Also, I approximate that you get a solid 10-15% more with "wood looking" vinyl, laminate, or tile.Just my 2c

Anyways, keep the colors to a neutral/earthy look.

.--- and you'd better find out what the rules are before you lift so much as a single paint brush, because they are even going to tell you what colors you can use.

PM Broker,If you are in a part of the country where sale prices roses farther than rents, it is hard to get big ROI even with 20-30% down.

“Home sales of $1 million or more last month rose just a tad – less than 1 percent – from a year earlier following annual gains of between 5 percent and 21 percent over the prior year.”LePage points to the rise in mortgage rates over the past six months, increasing significantly a borrower’s monthly payment.