I also want to give a special thanks to Brandon Turner because my first real taste of BP education was a multifamily webinar that he gave.

Like I said, too many unknowns and potential problems for my taste.

Time/the rush to sell, 2. mostly cosmetic things - stark white walls, unfinished walls in a 3-season/hot tub room, bland kitchen that could be made great with some used stainless appliances and new countertops (it is a large kitchen with nice cabinets), and just tasteful staging and decoration.

If you are replacing a kitchen that is in horrible condition, cabinets doors missing, avocado coloured appliances, gross and burned laminate, you should be able to make a much higher than average return on a renovation.The other thing is that many people who renovate areas of their home do ti more to their personal tastes, and worry less about the costs.

Everyone has their own investment taste and strategy of choice.

Finally you have changing tastes of millenials, who often grew up in suburbs but as DINKS prefer urban living. 

It's good you've tried multiple things to get a taste of what it is like but you are all over the map with no true direction. 

That is essentially what it was all about originally,being a great host and giving people a real taste of hawaii or whatever locale it is. 

It's a chance to be nice to good tenants and have them leave with a good taste in their mouth or maybe nudge a bad one out a little quicker.

Then too, you could easily poison the opinion of the viewers as their taste can easily vary significantly from yours.