Texturing walls worth it for flips?

[Darish D.]

I always remove acoustic (popcorn) ceiling and have drywall guys do it because my homes end up looking much nicer and buyers hate those old ceilings. What do you think of retexturing average walls and doing a more elegant imperfect texture throughout. One flip I am working on is 1450 sq ft ( vaulted ceilings) and my drywall guy is offering to do an imperfect texture throughout the entire home for $3000 (including ceiling popcorn removal and retexture). Does any flipper here think there is any return on this type of renovation? Especially on homes under 200K (In CA these are typically fairly basic homes).

[Tim G.]

Removing popcorn is a MUST. The rest... I'm not sure, I did it on my own home. I guess I'd probably go look at the competition and see what they do and how fast they move deals. As with most of this business it is tuned to your market, so while that might be a must for one market its an unneeded expense in another.

Know your market well, and then base that decision off of that. Not if a guy in another state on the internet thinks it looks nice :)