Bullshit. I keep my place looking like a model home. Got the Neiman Marcus throw blankets, Alberto Minotti sofas, Resto Hardware lamps - I don't fuck around. Do I give a shit? Not really - but bitches go nuts for it. A baller looking crib will knock the clothes off a hoe for you. Quality bitches can sense that shit.No single heterosexual man would, you're right. But if you're married, if your wife isn't a cunt muncher and if you make a decent living, she wants the matching Le Creuset pots and pans, the drapes have to match the couches, the dishwasher has to "go with" the marble blah blah blah. It's endless. It's easier just to let them do what they want (within reason - no, we're not having a salmon pink bathroom) and just ask how much it costs.
Then again, my boy puts up serious numbers in a crib that looks a lot like the half hovel, so maybe I'm just being a faggot.