.- I would focus on border communities, close enough to the action but less regulated, perhaps with a view or other outdoors attraction. - You could also lessen your risk by avoiding properties that are ultra different/special yet hard to sell or comp (ex: container homes).- I agree that you should worry just as much about HOA's, even small, almost non-existent ones.

I absolutely do not allow the dogs unleashed and unsupervised outdoors on the property.Always keep in mind that if you allow pets, there are restrictions that need to be in place REGARDLESS of the breed because at the end of the day, they're animals.

I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats. 

would all the furniture in the home be worth $25k?

It's one of the reasons I am in the process of building a hybrid apartment/hotel in PHX, which will have the STR benefits of automation, full kitchens, and separate living and sleeping areas while having a pool, gym, outdoor courtyard, fire pit, grilling station, central location near shopping and restaurants, efficiencies of scale, commercial zoning, and no residential neighborhood challenges.

If they say, I love it here because there are so many parks for my kids to play…Then say I have kids too, my kids love to get outdoors.

Gray is neutral but there is still enough contrast when you add trim and furniture to give a good pop.

If you can make it look inviting, not cluttered and use color without it being distracting, a little furniture, not too much, it gives buyers a perspective on whether their things will fit.

The inspector came and reported a few points, most important was that the outdoor pipes had to be contained in a box of some sort and filled up with sand for freezing protection. 

Essentially the entire housing market will shrink as a whole, along with all of the ancillary businesses that surround RE - lending, moving, furniture sales, auto sales (yes, a lot of auto sales are based around housing changes), realtors, Lowes and Home Depot, etc.