I buy it because it tastes better.

Now you've gotten a taste.

Where we develop people have specific taste and want bang for the buck!

I am also all too familiar with what paintable caulk tastes like these days since I don't thoroughly clean my fingers between each section.

Most people can not visualize what an ordinary empty room will look like when tastefully furnished, let alone a strange space.  

Most investors I see think rehab is the way to go...Email me your email address, if you like, and I will send you some of the properties we are working with currently to give you a taste of Indy.

I plan to live here at least 5 years, so want something that fits my tastes.

People that go for this are much more likely to be long, long, term tenants, and it shows they take a certain amount of pride in their home (no accounting for taste, of course) which is exactly what you want in a tenant.

What will put a bad taste in a seller's mouth when the buyer has 1000 weasel clauses?

. - good points Richard - it comes down to a blend of personal philosophy and tastes.