I enjoy the TV shows, I read the books, but I pave my own path.

From there you can get TV time on Public Broadcasting stations and from there are all the Infomercials that you see after midnight that are cheap to pay for.

It's not like those CA $150K flipping profits  homes that make good TV shows.

The home does look impressive from that picture, but as you mention it looks a lot like a "Real World" (the TV show) house or a playboy mansion, than a traditional home.

., to Absentee Owners, etc.)3) Outdoor advertising (billboards, bandit signs, car wraps)4) TV advertising (can be very targeted now, and cost effective)For free, people post on Craigslist and as a result it's kind of a wasteland.  

If the alternative is sitting at home and watching TV, you mine as well do it. 

It is currently the 13 inch TV.

Only channel that gets put on our TV too is HGTVThe conundrum we are facing is paying a chunk of cash to join a coaching program with Keyspire.

The shows on tv don't give all the details and can make them sound like great $$ makers, often times leaving out details like closing cost fees, capital gains tax, etc.

Without easements for sewer, water, gas, electric, phone lines, cable TV, fiber optic, the subdivisions would be unlivable by today's standards.