Paint and drywall: flash makes cowards of us all

Your finish is often fine; their inspection light is hostile. Photograph primer closure, patch feather edges before color, and final walls at angles owners actually use—hallways at night, not just sun-drenched Instagram corners.

Nail pops are a genre

Before repair, after repair, and the paint coat that buried them. Otherwise they come back like bad radio.

Touchup maps

Photo each wall with a tiny caption “SW agreeable gray / BM simply white trim” so you do not repaint the wrong room six months later from memory.