re: How do you know if a house flip was done well?

Like I said, I've flipped some. Whats the difference in a house that the owner has watched the H&G network, thinking he can do all these things? H & G is one of the worst, the wife sees the things being done, she pesters her husband to begin a project. It's finished, looks like it was done by an unskilled person.
My best friends son and wife were looking at a home. Walking through, I could tell the homeowner had attempted the upgrades. I told the son not to buy it, he tells me the wife loves it. So I made a punch list, we submitted, got the price lowered, I got the list finished, plus a little cash in his pocket.