I haven't found that to be true. Many places I've stayed at will have a promotion "get $50 off first months rent or we will paint any wall in the house a color

I haven't found that to be true. Many places I've stayed at will have a promotion "get $50 off first months rent or we will paint any wall in the house a color of your choice", I always just do the $50 because I couldn't care less about the random wall color.