do they just consider it a wash?

If you are already making boatloads of money and it won't have any effect (or a wash effect, i.e. you get out of your current car for the same payment/principal in another), it might make sense. 

In court, one of the ways the plaintiff identified me was "he was driving that Silver Mercedes of his when he came by".

My housekeeper washes all the linens and makes all the beds.

I will however look at houses outside my key neighborhoods if I'm asked (either by my realtor who thinks he has a good listing, or a we get a personal introduction to someone).

I ended up not going forward not only because all of the above, but also because the house needed a lot of work, the barn's issues that were going to bite me in the *** in time, and I found out that it was on the flood plain below an antique dam/mill pond, on a small river that has a history of flooding and washing out bridges and blowing out dams.

Lots of deferred maintenance, not major things, but stained asphalt shingles, gutters need replaced, brick building need power washed, a couple of the fascia and soffit boards need replaced, all trim needs painting, ugly amateur ceiling repair where leak occurred, missing drop ceiling tiles in bathroom, no landscaping.

There should be a specific day of the week/month that refer is cleaned out of "forgotten" items.Your Rules should include cleaning up before leaving the kitchen (washing dishes, utensils, pots, and cleaning prep and table areas used) as well as rinsing tub surround and hanging towels to dry in their own rooms.

Passiveinvesting.com is an operator in multifamily, self storage, build to rent and car washes. 

The wrong tenant or a big storm can do this much damage easily and the year is a wash or worse you're in the red.