Furthermore, these start ups are usually VC funded, and the demands of their investors is that they scale up quickly, which runs counter to the ability to master even one local market well, as I detailed above. 

The revenue difference between like-kind homes that have the design and those that don't is stark.Like others said, counter with a flat fee.

The builder put in the thinnest copper piping at the time and as it gets used, it moves and then breaks. 

There appeared to be a cracked and collapsed pipe around 35 feet.

We did get negotiate money from them to help with roof repair, but now know they were not honest on their disclosure.Our inspector missed  code violations, HVAC issues, pipes that had been worked on and issues hidden that had occurred while sellers lived in the house, signs of drainage and water damage inside the house that had been painted over, completely blocked dryer vent...and we are finding more daily.We have had the house looked at by a structural engineer and HVAC techs  that has told us we need thousands (likely tens of thousands) of dollars worth of repairs to make this property able to rent and come up to code for rental.

No damage except for 1 spot on the kitchen counter.

Let the buyer offer you terms then counter as required.

Guests opened the red wine and spilt it all over the beautiful counter tops. 

It may lead people to wonder ‘if the seller left some of the old plumbing fixtures and towel bars, etc, where else were corners cut’.The kitchen appears rather small and even an island on wheels would add more counter space.As mentioned previously, curb appeal and staging would absolutely make a difference here.Good luck with your sale!

so much private land has been logged and replanted since then.. in those days we would buy a 40 lets say for 150k  take 200k of timber off of it then sell the land on contract for same price then hypothicate the note to pull out more cash rinse repeat.. we also would use our logging roads and staging areas stratigically so when we left the roads were in the right place to do a 4 way lot split and the landings/stagging areas became the building pads.. in the NW permits for logging are not tough.. in those days it was over the counter and there was nothing you needed to do with regard to excavation.. however if I just bought the land and wanted to put in roads and pads then I would have had to get a grading permit and all the survey and engineering that went with it.. its was really something how we did that.. and I miss it to this day.. the other item that made it so profitable was Japan was paying premium for Export quality doug fir logs.. you could get double or more for export logs.