I quite enjoy the show and they seem like a nice enough couple but...
I desperately want them to lose an absolute truck-load of cash on every deal!
There is just something about them that makes me want to see them miserably fail. I think that probably makes me a bad person.
But I don't find the same sense with Masters of Flip....???
Maybe I just don't believe that flipping can be so easy or everyone would be doing it.
Yes, you are a bad person. They have a little girl and a new baby boy. They have already been through hard times "when the market crashed," having to sell their house and move into a small apartment. When they borrow from their parents, they pay them back asap with interest. They work hard, and Tarek does a lot of work with Israel and the other contractors. They deserve to do well. Please adjust your thinking.
Boo Hoo! Let me wipe away the tears with my PLASTIC hand!--Lindsey McDonald (Angel)
Wow...I find myself rooting against them too for some reason lol. They come off as incredibly privileged and entitled.
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shareI'm never going to flip a house, but I watch for ideas to incorporate in a big renovation for my house in a few years.
Never realized how weird my floor plan is, but there are some ideas on the show about moving a door, taking out a wall, etc. that can really help.
Also, a master bedroom with a walking closet and a functional full bath is important. And a main floor laundry room, a door on the back of the house to go out doors (!) and a walking pantry off the kitchen too, with an extra built in oven would be fantastic.
I can repurpose an existing 2 car garage, build a new 3 car garage in front of the old one, and extend the back wall of the garage out include the master bath.
Love the show, hopefully in a few years I can get going on this.
And I'm not going to forget the back yard either, walkway, fencing, low maintenance plantings. It'll be nice.
Looks like the idea is, I'm going to flip my own house, and then keep it.
I also find myself rooting against them...mainly because there is something about that Tarek guy that just comes across wrong to me. He seems like a total jagwad. The wife is hot, though.
shareIf it makes you feel any better, they will wind up crashing and burning as soon as the California real estate bubble pops (and it will eventually....bubble markets always do.) From what I understand, they always have 5-10 renovations going on at once so, when that bubble bursts, they are going to be holding 5-10 houses that will wind up going for a near-complete loss.
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It must be hell, searching the house trying to find where that damned closet has wandered off to when you're in a hurry to get dressed for work.
Wow...I find myself rooting against them too for some reason lol. They come off as incredibly privileged and entitled.
I don't see them as thinking they are entitled, they work hard for a living. It's the people that think that they should get everything free that are the people that think they are entitled. You know, the free insurance, free college, then a great job immediately without having to work for it -- it's the free free free snowflakes that are the pathetically entitled crowd. People that work hard for a living SHOULD be as privileged to whatever their hard work allows them to have. People that don't want to fend for themselves or that think that the working people should give them everything for free, need to get a life.
You are not alone. They are extremely unlikeable and so phony. She is clearly a valley girl and neither of them is even remotely believable. They make more on one house than my son makes in a year but constantly complain about the price of the flips and are always borrowing from his Mom. She'll be perfect on the Real Housewives of OC someday, lol.
shareWhen I watched Property Ladder I noticed the most interesting episodes were the ones in which the person was an idiot and did everything wrong. They picked the wrong house, they picked the worst contractor or decided they would do all of the work themselves, they picked the cheapest materials, they took the wrong shortcuts, they made very unrealistic demands in their pricing, they had no idea what to budget for the work, they went in with no money, and so on and so forth. Those were the best episodes and I think I liked them the most because I learned something from each mistake. It was also delightful to see someone who tried to hide a problem or perform a shoddy repair get slammed.
With Flip or Flop, I like to see flops only to help me believe the realism. Deep in my heart I know there is a lot of staging going on but mix in a few flops and I can at least pretend. With Tarek and Christina, they seem to try to do the job right. When they find problems they fix them and not try to leave it for the next person to worry about. The houses end up better in better shape than when than how they started. In that regard I do not want to see Tarek and Christina suffer from their profession but if every house was a success then the show becomes boring and unbelievable. Most flips in the real world are basically cleaning up. Clean the carpet and windows. Apply some new paint. Do the little repairs that the prior owner did not do. Upgrades are kept to a minimum. But a show about that would be boring. So we are shown the extreme situations and with that there needs to be flops to make it believable.
I know there is a lot of staging going on but mix in a few flops and I can at least pretend.
No, I don't think you're a bad person. It's a natural human reaction to want to see people who come across as privileged and snotty, to get a little humbling and a dose of real-world problems. IMO, Christina and Tarek do come across as privileged and snotty (or at least Christina does). It might even build character.
But no, I'd also hope that in the end,they could bounce back enough to still be able to provide for their daughter.
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"I'm sorry, but.." is a self-contained lie.
You're a real piece of work aren't you!
Seriously, you have issues.
Pretty sad you can't admit that you're just jealous that they make money -- which they work hard for -- to support themselves and their family.
Seek professional help.
Wow I'm the same way! I want them to fail sometimes too. Not just a small flop, but more. Something like this...
Tarek: Honey guess what? You know that lump? It's cancer, and I...
Valley Girl: Speaking of cancer, I'm banging the neighbor. Hope you don't mind. He has a bigger schlong than you do Mohammed.
Tarek: It's Tarek, not Mohammed. I've told you that before.
Valley Girl: Whatever Baboo. I'm outta here, and I'm taking your brother's kids with me. I know you thought they were yours but that's because you're a moron. *pointing and laughing hysterically at Mohammed*
Something humiliating and over the top like that...rotfl
ROTFLMFAO! OMG, thanks for the laugh! She really is that fake that I can almost picture that type of situation taking place. Oh... and please don't get me started on that whiney, spoiled kid. Another reason why we quit watching this snoozefest. LMAO!
shareI wish I could upvote this comment.
Hilarious!
You need to add in something about Tarek's bald spot becoming increasingly visible.
Then you will win a Pulitzer for your writing.
Now that was funny. It would be funny if she has 2 kids and he's impotent. Or sterile. Or both. And I'm betting her cat stinks....poo tiny!
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