All of my customers in NJ, NY, CT, CA, WA and other states are all buying in those states as well as a few others.The price to cash flow ratio is going to be better in those states as well as having a higher inventory of both single family and multifamily rental homes.

Now that I'm a more experienced designer in real estate, I would love to customize my kitchen more with different materials, unique tile, and more unique pulls/knobs but having a large, clean kitchen was extremely appealing to me as a first-time buyer 4 years ago.

You are required however to have a license like myself if you are offing a service to customers.

"Oh the customer insisted on buying the materials, it's not my fault"

Some states do have special guidelines or customs that differ from state to state, but this is a minority of situations.  

@Patrick Britton - Has comically proven why it is a waste of your time to discuss comps with them and make logical arguments.

And the customer would think we were responsible .

It's a tremendous benefit to you to have a customized lease by a legal expert.

You have another customer to manage. 

You should definitely be consistently asking for reviews from happy customers.