Rick Harmon nailed the important points.

The hedge funds have torn up the inventory there and people are still fighting tooth and nail to get properties.

If there are no better deals, nail that one!

@rob k hit the nail on the head, the majority of the show just has a staged feel to it.

Yes and no.John Miller nailed it.

YOu can nail down your budget pretty well before you start and have a good Idea were your going to be at financially.

If they need nails, caulk, etc, they can go to one of my suppliers where I have an account, or to HD and the cashier calls and I give my credit card over the phone.

Well, while I'm in the process of nailing down the costs, I don't really know how to calculate a price/sf estimate using those costs.Let me explain:- My house has 3 levels (basement, main level, second floor).

It's not likely, but anything can go wrong.I stepped on a rusty nail at one of my houses and it went into my foot quite a ways.

The value in this deal is adding additional square footage for much less than the market values that footage, combined with improving and polishing the existing bones.