I am looking for suggestions on materials and colors etc.

- Everything costs more than you expect (as investors I think we see things through rose-colored glasses).

If you are looking to keep it you may want to think about going with Hardie board and just paint it the color needed to match the color scheme you want to go with...it shouldn't be too expensive.

We removed the raspberry colored carpeting to find nice wood floors that had been painted with a dark brown thick enamel paint.

Because you're still showing a property you do not own legally.However, if you learn how to close a deal in your name and then sell and you can show a pattern of buying and selling,I doubt any regulator would violently object if your buyers were asking that you add a deck, new cabinets and appliances while specifying colors.......but technically, you are not to  advertise or show real estate that you do not have legal title to;  exceptions, acting as a licensed agent, estate settlements by the administrator/executor or with a power of attorney under specific directions and not for profit.....states may vary. 

Always secure your O2 mask first before helping others.

had my glove on my mask and tried to keep my distance.yup we are certainly Tesla fan boys.. my wife has a black X..

Any coating you get is not going to help it is going to mask the problem.

Oakland that was painted like the American flag and all the colors of the rainbow inside. 

If the buyer is asking me to use things (paint colors, fixtures) that are highly customized but can easily be changed, I would include something in the addendum making the buyer responsible for paying to change those things if he backs out.