I manage 400 rentals and the most significant claim ever filed was a kitchen fire that cost $20,000.

I was in Baltimore city a few months ago and tagged along on a few appointments we went to 3 he wrote one up while I sat in the kitchen and watched him  LOL..

You said good and GREAT in the first sentence, but those don't go with unpermitted kitchens so you are trying to convince yourself it's good, but it's not.

While replacing the toilet, a burst pipe caused Cat 3 water damage that rendered large part of downstairs kitchen and upstairs bathroom unavailable and cordoned off for repairs .

I renovated the kitchen with paint and cabinets.

These are not situations where you will pay a price down the road like not pulling permits for a kitchen/bath remodel.

People care more about the appearance of kitchen appliances because they are in a public portion of the house as opposed to washer/dryers which visitors rarely see. 4.

You have 22 properties that are probably at least 60 years old. 15% maintenance of $1000 rent does not get you very far when you start looking at big-ticket items like roofs, windows, plumbing, HVAC, driveway, tree-removal etc.I am doing this long enough here in Milwaukee that I own some properties I have rehabed twice.

They can't assess all the subjective data like overall layout, view from the living room window, the dogs next door that bark all day, the width of doorways, size of individual rooms, quality of kitchen cabinets and appliances, etc.The best thing to do is study your market regularly.

Roof lines, window styles, and masonry/siding all play into this natural flow, and the biggest mistake you can make when designing your flips is not following the flow that is already present!