Nothing screams "amateur" more than a nice smooth patch on a rough textured wall. ;-)You can buy small cans of texture touch-up for under $10 at a hardware store.

I used to dread this every year and now it runs pretty smoothly for us.

Shoot for a smooth presentation with inflections in voice to hold other's interests.

To me it's not as bad to look at as popcorn, but my wife is adamant about removing it in favor of smooth ceiling (this happens to be a personal residence rehab, but I thought the would be helpful for reference).Is this going to be as simple as scraping like popcorn, or do you think it will be more involved?  

In other places they fixed spots on the wall, and then painted smooth over them but never tried to match the texture, so on the same wall we have smooth over texture.  

Guest comm for 1) any hiccups and 2) for making their stay smooth and enjoyable.We've found that it is more profitable for our clients (homeowners and investors) by 28-55% in Chicago.Cheers -Jeremy

Just need to fill the holes or knots and smooth out any rough areas with some wood filler or floor leveler and you are good as gold.

They did a smooth job during my closing.

The kitchen walls are perfectly smooth, almost like a venetian plaster.

There was already 1 situation that arose in February where I ended up kicking out one of the tenants because of illegal activity in the house, however, this process went as smoothly as I could have hoped for and there is a new person ready to move into that bedroom on April 1st.