Yeah some themes are way better than others, that's for sure. This is one of the cleanest and most flexible that I've used on dozens of sites, getting them up and running with a branded look in 2-3 hours:
The templates on this theme looks really nice and modern, will check it out, but it uses the native WordPress editor or a third party plugin? Also, the pre-installed plugins will update automatically?
https://themeforest.net/item/salient-responsive-multipurpose...