There are punks out there.  

From my vantage point as a contractor, all the big Architectural firms are run by lawyers and accountants -- other than awards and magazine covers, nobody at the top of the firm cares about aesthetics or quality -- it's all about maximizing profit and avoiding risk. 

Tenants: working class, punk musicians, artists, some college areas but these tenants need more personal attention and cash rents.

Aesthetics are SO important in the STR space.

I maybe would have continued the same hardwood from living areas to kitchen and gone with a different paint for the bathrooms, but that's my aesthetic. 

Finding cashflow will be in improving those market rents through cycling tenants and improving the inward and outward aesthetics as well!

I believe this could be a much quicker answer to my project, while still remaining aesthetically pleasing and durable for tenant abuse.