One got prestigious but not well paid Postdoc in university, the other is still waiting for job offer.

Often better to get them out, clean it up, make your repairs and do your make ready and show a sparkling product. 

Not to mention these studies are being done at mainstream prestigious universities such as Johns Hopkins, NYU, Stanford, and MIT.Lastly I will say that based on the tone of your post it seems like most people in our culture, you too have unhealed wounding in yourself. 

We live in a prestigious lake area, homes ranging  $300k-millions and we’re the only Double wide M/H in the area.Been listed on the MLS for 6 wks. with only 3 showings.

There was a case of this in the Bay area of CA a while ago where someone bought the main road into a very prestigious HOA at tax auction and basically extorted the HOA to sell it back to them. 

My friend said the rehab numbers were just made up, they broke even on the project but got big bonuses from HGTV to help make the project "sparkle".

Let's say your child gets accepted into a prestigious ravioli-making prep school in downtown Manhattan.

I am renting a 5 bedroom SFR in Highlands Ranch (suburb south of Denver) to 3 young ladies who just graduated from college and are all starting to work at a prestigious aerospace company in town. 

If you have a flood, busted pipe, ground water, you pretty much just let it dry and maybe go over it with paint and sparkles once a year. 

YOU ENTER THE HOME WITH BEAUTIFUL UPGRADED TILE ENTRANCE INTO A LARGE OPEN LIVING AREA WITH VIEWS OF THE BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD AND SPARKLING POOL.