Just simply look at television and the massive shift to streaming, the birth of YT television etc etc etc, she is an established Pro at where everything is going not to mention the #1 cost efficient marketing medium.And get creative with it, ask her how her skills and techniques could be adapted to target and "farm" for target sellers?

To some, the Chemosphere is a well known Los Angeles landmark thanks to its numerous appearances in film and television.

I think your spending too much time watching the lifetime channel television with your wife Or too maybe it’s many hallmark specials ..either way you need to get a handle over yourself and smack your inner child !

As I have said before, housing is not like going to buy a television, it is not an option, it's a must.

Forget televised freeway chase - we’re now going to watch “ocean chases” on TV.

They had two things going for them:1 - Liquidity. 2 - The wife is actually a former producer on one of those HGTV shows I made fun of, she saw all the numbers, including how TV commercial revenue winds up being vitally necessary to the majority of the "as seen on TV" flip type things being viable and in the green (take anything marginally profitable or not profitable, monetize it on television or tik tok or youtube, and boom now it's viable).I wish you the best of luck OP, but consider that maybe a "base hit" is totally fine for where you are at.

In the real world, outside of television flip shows where manufacturers are trying to upsell you on the cabinets and weekend real estate seminars where the people running them want to impress you with their taste, minor design choices such as the choice between MDF, and plywood for kitchen cabinets are way, WAY down the list of renovation priorities you should be focusing on at this point.But since you insist -- I like the plywood cabinet carcasses.

You should not need to stage bedrooms unless you are going all-out.For decorations and the TV, I have used my stuff and spare televisions.  

Even the show on HGTV called Bargain Mansions got jammed up over it and had to pay over $66,000 in fines ...Growing Days, LLC (KS/MO), whose owner, Tamara Day, hosts HGTV’s Bargain Mansions television show, entered into a settlement to resolve alleged Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule violations depicted on the show.

Since you haven't bought a lot of houses, especially ones that need work, it might be a great idea to involve a real estate agent and accept the cost that goes with her, because she could save you so much more.Otherwise, study everything you can about structure, flipping, surprise costs, money-pits and disaster housing, but stay away from television programs.