All Forum Posts by: Robert Ruiz

Greg Potter welcome!!

Welcome aboard!!

William Brace James Vermillion the wizard of Oz has been exposed and he's not really sitting in escrow! Thanks for the link. It's good to know I'm like a year and a half behind on this revelation! Lol oh well I shouldn't be watching so much tv anyway!

Frank O. Wow, that was a long article. It's crazy how so many people were saying the article was even fake as a publicity stunt to get people to listen to his radio show. Crazy.
Thanks for replying! :)

People, like myself love these reality shows where people go looking for their perfect dream home while being led by the friendly local real estate agent on this nearly impossible task.
Recently a friend of mine was given the opportunity to be in the background as an extra on "My First Home". He was telling me how the show was totally scripted and staged. The people involved, a local realtor ( his partners wife) and her "clients" (whom she had already sold the house to in previous months) were given lines on the first day of filming . The house they bought at the end of the show was in actuality the house they already owned. One of the optional houses they looked at actually belonged to a friend of theirs. All his belongings were packed up and put in the garage by a local hired crew to make the house look vacant. The offers were scripted, the acceptance of the negotiated deal was all part of the dazzle of Hollywood magic.
It made me wonder if this show on TlC was fake, how many other DIY and house flipping shows are fake. Granted some of the acting on the house flipping shows is so wretched and I love how they are always going to lose money on every house but they always wind up making $160k at the end! Lol just like there is always amazing treasures in the rentals on the storage wars shows.
Well if that isn't the worst part, the cameraman on the house hunters show also filmed over 100 episodes of ghost hunters and he said that show is so fake it's funny. What's next? Now they'll be telling us there is no Bigfoot!!!
Oh well, Law and Order has yet to let me down thus far :)

Stephen Moore really! That's crazy. We should do lunch one day!

Jody Leblanc in the state of Louisiana, if your rehabbing over $1500 or under $50k, you must have a rehab license if you are doing it yourself. Of course, if you have a licensed contractor, it's up to them to have the license and all the insurances. This includes workers comp and a minimum of 100k general liability. I have applied for the license but of course I am having to wait til the next session in Baton Rouge to meet in August to have my app approved. Better safe than sorry :)

Wow where do I sign up!? Lol thanks for posting this!

@brandonturner thanks man! We are just flipping now hoping to gather cash to start buying houses cash , then do "rent to own" deals for customers.

Jody Leblanc Michael Faulk thanks for the replies! Let's keep In touch. Anyone have a remodel license required by state to rehab?