And I just spoke on the phone last week with an agent about a small apartment complex and could barely hear her from her TV blaring and some kid screaming.

well, that sounds rather gloomy..Anyways, you are on ground and should know better, but it looks like what you say you see there are different from what we read in the papers and watch on TV....

Had seen these mitsibushi units on tv and while I was in the ukraine a few years ago and thought they might work.They seemed kind of pricey to me though.....

Use the correct material, don't try to reinvent building science based off a tv personality. 

Its part reality and lots of drama for the purpose of securing interest of the viewers.

My current TV set is thanks to a non-performing second.

I saw them take it off with vinager and water on TV the other day.

Quite often will cost you way less than the traveling TV Guru Mentors who for the most part has paid someone to create their programs, paid someone to sell them to you and paid someone else to teach you - most of which don't actually do any investing.

Just turned off my TV and wondering if anyone knows what software does the property brothers use (or something similar) to visualize how the property will look after renovation.

Especially TV and movies, which will doubtfully go anywhere with a crash.I do know agents and brokers there if you need one, but I'd say first you'd want to narrow some criteria down and have a feel for what specifically you are looking for.