A television show, no matter how popular, is a questionable criterion on which to base your investing decision.  

The popularity of Guru's and the notoriety via television that rehabbing and investing in real estate has gained in the last decade has increased the amount of buyers in the pool, as you suggested.  

@Kris, you're watching too many late night television shows if you conclude "Bail Out Money" is why a bank does or doesn't do anything.

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Television shows like "flip or flop" or "flipping Boston" make it look easy and glamorous and always profitable.

Quick intro about myself: I just graduated from Mizzou with a degree in business, I own a mobile oil changing company, I am starting to believe the only channel on television should be CNBC, and I can't wait to learn as much as possible about real estate.

Breaking multiple windows, breaking a television, and staying away for that long a time is not something most emotionally stable husbands would do in a stable relationship with young children in the household. 

Maybe on television its different but in the real world there isn't any shady stuff going on behind the scenes.

I work on television with a union on a long running series that consistently earns me gross 150-190K per yr (union overtime etc affects the annual drift).

It's unfortunate, but appliances will soon become disposable items like radios and televisions. for any appliance older than 5-7 years, I consider replacement rather than repair unless it's a really simple, inexpensive repair.