OT: HGTV’s “Hidden Potential”

[Artifact]

I have watched that show – sometimes it is entertaining, sometimes it is pretty bad – my favorite is how they refer to coming in “under” budget. The family may have a 600K budget, they find a 450K house and put in 125K in upgrades – then the host proudly announces they have “saved” 25K, as if they were required to spend the whole 600K – sometimes they are more careful and word it as just being 25K underbudget.

It is similar in the My House is worth what show, when they tell the person the appraisal, if the value is estimated as higher than what they paid, they tell them you have “made” xx dollars – it must be great, bring in a hand selected appraiser (realtor in that show), he/she tells you what you want to hear, and poof, you instantly have that money in your hand!

As long as you remember who are the sponsor’s of the shows they are pretty funny.

T

[seattle-relo]

I will admit it’s sometimes fun to see decor or remodeling ideas, but I have always been struck with the amount of money needed to remodel the place. On that particular show, it seems that most of the buyers are first time buyers, after putting their 5-20% down, where in the heck will they have another $30,000-50,000 to fix the place up? I think that if these buyers had that cash lying around they probably buy a nicer home. Reality TV – not so much reality.

[seattle-relo]

I will admit it’s sometimes fun to see decor or remodeling ideas, but I have always been struck with the amount of money needed to remodel the place. On that particular show, it seems that most of the buyers are first time buyers, after putting their 5-20% down, where in the heck will they have another $30,000-50,000 to fix the place up? I think that if these buyers had that cash lying around they probably buy a nicer home. Reality TV – not so much reality.

[seattle-relo]

I will admit it’s sometimes fun to see decor or remodeling ideas, but I have always been struck with the amount of money needed to remodel the place. On that particular show, it seems that most of the buyers are first time buyers, after putting their 5-20% down, where in the heck will they have another $30,000-50,000 to fix the place up? I think that if these buyers had that cash lying around they probably buy a nicer home. Reality TV – not so much reality.

[seattle-relo]

I will admit it’s sometimes fun to see decor or remodeling ideas, but I have always been struck with the amount of money needed to remodel the place. On that particular show, it seems that most of the buyers are first time buyers, after putting their 5-20% down, where in the heck will they have another $30,000-50,000 to fix the place up? I think that if these buyers had that cash lying around they probably buy a nicer home. Reality TV – not so much reality.

[seattle-relo]

I will admit it’s sometimes fun to see decor or remodeling ideas, but I have always been struck with the amount of money needed to remodel the place. On that particular show, it seems that most of the buyers are first time buyers, after putting their 5-20% down, where in the heck will they have another $30,000-50,000 to fix the place up? I think that if these buyers had that cash lying around they probably buy a nicer home. Reality TV – not so much reality.

[dharmagirl]

Maybe their “budget” is a renovation loan from Wells Fargo… 🙂

[dharmagirl]

Maybe their “budget” is a renovation loan from Wells Fargo… 🙂

[dharmagirl]

Maybe their “budget” is a renovation loan from Wells Fargo… 🙂

[dharmagirl]

Maybe their “budget” is a renovation loan from Wells Fargo… 🙂

[dharmagirl]

Maybe their “budget” is a renovation loan from Wells Fargo… 🙂

[Anonymous]

the main problem with the show is that there is
no ‘payoff’ at the end. i want to see what the
renovations *really* ended up looking like
and if the numbers that barry pulls out of his
a$$ hold true.

-mdk

[Anonymous]

the main problem with the show is that there is
no ‘payoff’ at the end. i want to see what the
renovations *really* ended up looking like
and if the numbers that barry pulls out of his
a$$ hold true.

-mdk

[Anonymous]

the main problem with the show is that there is
no ‘payoff’ at the end. i want to see what the
renovations *really* ended up looking like
and if the numbers that barry pulls out of his
a$$ hold true.

-mdk

[Anonymous]

the main problem with the show is that there is
no ‘payoff’ at the end. i want to see what the
renovations *really* ended up looking like
and if the numbers that barry pulls out of his
a$$ hold true.

-mdk

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