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I like to watch them for entertainment. Plus I like to see how expensive real estate is in SoCal. Makes me feel very fortunate! I think it's funny how they do a lot of the same things over & over. Christina picks those espresso color cabinets for every single kitchen.
I also like Flipping Vegas. I think it comes on A&E. That couple cracks me up. Scott & Amy. At some point in every episode, Scott ends up yelling "this is a dis-AS-ter"!
I confess that I watch these two shows. Flipping Vegas has its moments and Christine is quite the looker.
As with all of the HGTV reality shows, I go "eh" in terms of believability. I will say this though. Watching that show and other flipping shows makes me resolve myself NOT to buy a flipped home. There was one episode where the home was obviously in a sketchy area and had drug users squatting in it. The home obviously used to be a drug den. Here comes the flip or flop guy (who was actually worried about his safety) and adds granite counters, wood floors, and stainless appliances and voila that dump is now $400k. What's even more incredulous is that someone actually bought it. I would NOT purchase a home that was a former drug den. I wonder if that was disclosed?
whata re you talking about? - a crack house is not usually a flipper material house, and Biggie drug deals are done in the best of neighborhoods.
whata re you talking about? - a crack house is not usually a flipper material house, and Biggie drug deals are done in the best of neighborhoods.
Well it was in this case. Go search the episode list or something. There were squatters in the home when he first showed up. The squatters were chased off only to return again and stole the contractor's tools. Tarek himself was spooked when the squatters burst out of the home and jumped the fence.
Here does this sound more appropriate - the original owners/tenants of the home lived in squalor (highly likely they were addicts) and had questionable friends.
Like I said, there's no way I'd live in a house that had those issues let alone pay over $400k for it. Lipstick on a pig couldn't be more apt.
It is about as realistic as any other flipper show.
They just barely get the house.
They find some sort of issue they didn't expect (add in trouble sounding music or dramatic pause. Then cut to commercial break).
"Tense" moments of whether or not they will blow their budget or get done on time.
Open house participants mirror exact same statements made by the flippers during their renovations choices. Flipper: "I think this color granite will work nicely with the subway tile." Open house participant: "Oh my goodness, I love how the color of granite works with the subway tile."
Will it sell?
It sells and they make a butt load of money.
The wife actually bugs me. Yes, she is pretty but I have a thing about mannerisms. She doesn't really do a lot of talking. Does the thoughtful nod and does the side ways look. The movement of her jaw is very controlled like someone that has had a lot of work done. Fake eyelashes, tan, veneers etc.
house flipping appeals to people's greed and quick buck yearning. very little effort lots of money.
i dont recommend it to anybody. i never sell anything ever. buying paying off leasing and buying another and paying it off, then leasing, the domino effect is my preferred method.
selling??? never.
I doubt it's real. My friend's daughter was on house hunters and it was totally staged. They did buy a house but had already bought it when the show was taped. They just went in and taped the house they bought and went and looked at a few others for the show. Reality tv, I don't think so.
None of these show are real.. Most aren't even close to being real... I can reno this place in 5 weeks for $75,000.. BS...
Yeah, this is the thing about all the "flipping" shows that just astonishes me. I can never make the numbers work. The only way they can get all the fluffy custom cabinets and granite and fancy tile and hardwood floors and staging at the prices they quote is with healthy subsidies. Is free labor written into the TV contracts?
A lot of the shows quote profits that are gross rather than net too.
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