Here are your best two options so your offer and possibly the transaction goes smooth :1) get your own Agent and ask him to submit an offer for you.

I cant imagine any buyers demanding texture on the walls (and some would prefer smooth walls).Definitely get the popcorn ceilings down.While I'm surprised that the new houses have such a large premium, there is not much you can do about it.  

They are still wallpaper smooth unless your adding some sort of texture to them. 

I think you can have both scale and diversity in portions which achieve your overall goals.If you are a remote investor, and using property management, there will be a threshold of scale - number of units you hold in a single market - which will garner you a better rate/unit for property management costs.On the macro-economic level, distribution of holdings in different regions (states/provinces, countries) with diverse economic drivers and a low-level of coupling will help smooth the bumps of fluctuation in local economies.So perhaps it is not a question of Dallas or Indianapolis, but one of how much Dallas and Indianapolis and do your acquire them in parallel or sequentially.

They have technically rid themselves of the MH and the obligation to pay rent, and it makes their SFH home purchase transaction go much more smoothly, as they are no longer responsible for rent past a certain date. 

I will admit, most real estate agents have no business being in the business, but really, really good ones know the ins and outs of the process, the contracts, and they have the connections to make the transaction smooth.

Make sure the underlying surface is perfectly smooth.

I think the visual problem you may be having now, is with the high contrast of the smooth white window frames against the dark rough stone... it pulls your eye right to it, and there's nothing much else to grab your attention.My recommendation: First, redirect your attention to the entry/stoop.

Your going to be disrupted anyway so make it as smooth as possible.  

You can tell the difference by the smoothness of quartz