[Mina] This is a big lot,
so it seems wasteful just to build one house on this.
I'm gonna do a duplex, and then a carriage house duplex.
-[Cory] What's happening? -The foundation team that did this duplex
did not do it properly.
So the only bright side is that we can start building the carriage house.
[Cory] That's exciting.
-[thuds] -[man 1] You guys stand right here
-so you can get the full effect. -[man 2] Oh, wow.
-[high-pitched screech] -[indistinct yell, laughter]
-[nasally] Brr! Oh, my God. -[laughing]
[Mina] We'll eventually have four units on one lot.
Today I'm bringing Steve by to see if he thinks
this would make a good rental property for us.
We're gonna have to see when it's done,
but I'm gonna need a little more sweat equity out of the fam.
You wanna dig with us, Jack?
-[Jack indistinctly] ...worms. -[man 3] It's a lot of worms.
[in sing-song voice] ♪ So this it♪
[Steve] Wow.
I love it.
Hyah!
Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses you've ever seen.
Our team isn't afraid to tackle the worst of the worst.
[muffled] That is so gross.
Holy cow.
Then we turn those rundown houses into
some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man 4] Wow. -[woman 1] I love it!
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Here we go!♪
♪ Na-na-na-na-na♪
♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na♪
♪ Y'all ready for this?♪
♪ Ooh, you ready, you ready?♪
♪ Na-na-na-na-na♪
♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na♪
[Jack] I'm a treat master.
You're the treat master?
I'm taking the kids for a walk.
We're kind of right in the middle of a bunch of stuff but,
by the canal, the White River, the amphitheater,
but we're just getting out with Frank,
-um, before I gotta go to work today. -[Jack] Mommy...
[gasps] You guys, there's a guy up here painting.
[gasps] I know this guy.
That's Douglas David.
Often times, we use local artists
and when we stage the homes,
and Douglas David is out here, painting a skyline.
Douglas paints all kinds of things.
My personal favorite is his donut paintings.
I would love to use them in the houses we're doing in The Valley.
Good morning, sir.
-[happily] Hey, good morning. How are you? -[Mina] Hi.
Good, how are you?
-I'm good. -Well, isn't this such a cool spot?
-[Douglas] Oh, man. -[Mina] We're working on our third property
-right over there, um, just... -[Douglas] Okay.
...just In The Valley right there.
After I drop them off, I'm going to walk.
It's just an empty lot, with Cory, and we're gonna stake it off
-to start a build. -[Douglas] Oh, that sounds like fun.
So, I would love to get some of your art in there
-once we're done. -Yeah. Well, I'd love to help you out.
[Mina] Okay. Well, I'm glad I ran into you.
-I'll shoot you an email then. -[Gordon] Yeah, it's good to see you.
-Keep me informed. -All right. Thank you, sir.
-See you guys. Have fun today. -All right, let's finish our little walk.
The property I'm going to look at today with Cory is an empty lot
-that I'm gonna do a big, like, duplex. -[imitates a bark]
[Mina] And then a carriage house duplex, so it's multi-family,
and Ideally sell it when everything else develops around it.
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Gonna feel so good♪
♪ But it feels so good♪
This is so cute.
It's getting cuter around here.
We're like llama-spitting distance to the zoo.
-"Llama-spitting distance." -It fit well.
[both laughing]
[Mina] The Valley is one of the newer neighborhood
we've dipped out toes into. It's just west of Downtown,
and is a big up-and-coming area that's in a great location,
and only continuing to grow.
So, we've already completed two properties over here,
and I wanna keep that momentum going as I roll into this third.
I don't think most people realize, like,
-how close you are to the zoo, the baseball stadium... -Yeah.
...the football stadium, like, everything Downtown.
It is a weird little pocket.
Well, this project is gonna be a new build on Birch.
It's gonna be pretty big, it's gonna be multi-family.
-Oh. -The main house will be two units.
And then, it's a really big lot
so we have room to build a carriage house slash garage
with two efficiency apartments.
You know what would be really cool?
-Since this is a new build-- -What? A garage door in the house
-with a ramp you can run your motorcycle up into... -Okay.
...and change the oil, if only you knew how to change the oil.
I know how to totally change-- I used to change the oil on my old motorcycle
-all the time. I have no idea what you're talking about. -Oh, you did. Okay.
Just checkin'.
[upbeat song playing]
[Mina] This is a big lot.
It's 45 wide by 150 deep.
-Like, the lots in The Valley are super deep. -That is big.
Um, so it seems wasteful just to build one house on this
because single families that big, I don't think are really buying here yet.
-[Cory] This is it? -[Mina] This is it.
-[Cory] Wow, okay. -[Mina] Um...
[Cory] This is huge.
I want you to just go that way and then skip 45 feet out,
and then kind of see...
[loudly] This is 45 feet.
[thudding]
And then, I mean, obviously, 150,
just all the way back to the alley.
-Wow. -Seventy-five.
That is no small potato, Mina.
No, but...
That sounds like a lot of lumber.
-[Mina] But if we can get two units out of it... -[Cory] Yeah?
...that'd give us four total,
including the two efficiency apartments over the garage.
[Cory] I'm picking up what you're laying down.
Definitely a grided glass garage door right here.
We never do these garage doors. I'm just stuck on it.
-I know. -[Cory] And if we don't,
I'm just gonna be a sad, sad panda.
-You'll be a sad panda. -You don't want me to be a sad panda,
'cause then no one had fun.
I hate you.
Before I even consider ordering fancy garage doors,
I wanna meet with the architects and get the plans
for the main house duplex and the carriage house drawn up.
Then, we need to submit the plans to the city,
and hopefully there won't be any issues.
And then we can get started on building the foundations.
What did we shell out for this, for this property?
It's one of the city programs, and it was, I think, three grand.
I think to build out this duplex,
along with the garage and two efficiency apartments,
it should cost about $400,000.
So all in, at $403,000.
And I can probably list the duplexes at $235,000,
because they each come with a garage
and an efficiency apartment.
Which should mean a profit of at least $67,000.
When they see that garage door,
we're just gonna be like, "Bring your briefcase
full of cash, and we'll make a deal."
And then that's it. And then we're out. Boom.
-There's your high five. -You say the wildest stuff.
[upbeat song playing]
♪ This is how you get it done!♪
♪ This is how-how♪
♪ Step on up and get some♪
♪ This is how you do it♪
[Mina] We're kicking off this massive project
starting with the main duplex.
The foundation's getting poured.
And soon, once the structure's up and running,
we'll get moving on the carriage house.
[song resumes playing]
♪ This is how you do it now♪
[Cory] What's happening?
[Mina] Not a lot.
Not a lot.
We are at Birch.
Uh, you know, ready-to-go,
full steam ahead to get the framing materials delivered.
And the framer said, "I can't build on this."
The foundation team that did this
did not do it properly.
And then when the framer actually came in
to plan on getting started, he pointed out,
what now seems very obvious, is that the foundation is below grade.
They dug the footers too deep.
We are royally effed.
[Mina] Foundation is below grade.
They dug the footers too deep.
We are royally effed.
What's gonna happen if we put wood on top of this block,
then wrap the house in wood OSB,
even if we have housewrap,
if there's any contact...
-She's gonna show you wicking. -...it doesn't have to rain.
But it will slowly wick up, and go up under.
I mean, it's still climbing.
And if it's regularly sitting in the water...
I'm not gonna dip the whole thing. We're just touching.
-My coffee is ruined anyways, it's fine. -It's not. This is a--
I might have blown my nose, like, three or four times.
It'll slowly just keep wicking up.
And then your entire house is gonna rot.
It's gonna keep going up and up.
So, what we have to do is create a barrier,
a space between the dirt, this cup, and the house.
So we have to build up more block.
-You can have your coffee back now. -[groans] Ah.
-This was clean, I promise. -That's fortunate, it came from your pocket.
Now, we're in a situation where we really need to add
at least two, if not three, rows of block
-to get us up over here. -Yeah.
[Mina] Because if we run a band board along here...
[Cory] It'll just be in the ground.
[Mina] We are in, like, a historic district,
so I'm trying to figure out if these added rows of block
are simply an amendment with the permitting department,
or if they're gonna say, this has to completely go back through the city.
Which could take a really long time.
So the only bright side is that we can start building the carriage house.
-[Cory] Hmm. -[Mina] So, that's gonna get started right now.
That's exciting.
Yeah, I mean, at least we can move on that.
I found out from the city that we're going to have to
rebuild the entire main house foundation,
which is gonna take a ton of time to undo and then redo.
And then, I have to wait for another inspection.
So, I'm making the decision to refocus on the carriage house now and get that done,
and at least, hopefully, rent that out
to offset some of the unexpected costs.
So, that foundation is poured correctly.
Our walls are up, and framing is cruising along.
[Cory] Do you normally wear corduroys when you, uh,
-when you do this dance? -These aren't corduroy. They're jeans.
So now I have to figure out how to pack the most punch into these two tiny units.
So, I don't think I could pull this stunt
of working, typing, and walking at the same time.
-You wanna try? -[Cory] No.
We're gonna talk over Birch.
'Cause my plans are different than that.
Oh, of course they are.
So where, where is your little napkin sketch? What we going by?
-Or you're just gonna mark these up? -They're not a napkin sketch.
Yeah, 'cause there's not, it's not a ton.
Like, nothing's different on the second floor.
So first off, main house isn't getting built right now,
because we got all the issues in the world.
-We're good on the garage. -Hmm.
We can make the slab work. But the main house
-is definitely getting pushed back. -[Cory] Oh, yeah.
So, this is the main difference.
The house is all split down the middle,
but the garage is jogged because I did one side a two-car,
-and one side a one-and-a-half. -I see that.
So, I want to
cut it back down the middle so it's less complicated.
Split, so they're each equally split.
[Cory] Yeah, and then that way,
-so each side has its own same-size garage. -[Mina] Correct.
-Yeah, so it'll get... -[Cory] Is that what you're trying to get at there?
...split down the middle, so the garage will reflect
-what the second floor reflects. -Of course.
And upstairs, they're both just, like,
-cute efficiency apartments. -Mmm-hmm.
So, each side has cute little kitchen.
-[Cory] Yeah. -[Mina] And it's got room for a dishwasher,
full size-sink, full-size stove, refrigerator.
We've got a big walk-in closet.
Doubly vanity, so it could still be, like,
two people sharing the efficiency,
-each have their own sink still. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm, yup,
-gotta have that. -Um, tub shower, and then,
uh, stacked washer and dryer unit.
So, it has everything in it that anyone could ever want.
Well, if you're living with a female, that six-inch vanity
is pretty much, like, all there is at that point anyways.
-[laughing] -You 1,000% probably have more product
-on your vanity top than I do. -Yeah? False...
-False information. -How many hair products do you have?
-I have one. -[Mina] What is it?
It's a, it's, like, a pomade.
Okay, how many face products do you have?
I don't even use any face products.
-[Mina] You don't put face lotion on? -Nope.
I know. This stays nice and oiled.
Okay? This is how I get my youthfulness.
-[laughs] -[Cory] Um, well, this is fun.
-[Mina] Yeah. -[Cory] This is so fun.
And I think it's gonna be really fun for MJ and I to,
-like, decorate them differently. -Yeah.
[Mina] Like, vibe 'em out a little differently.
Oh, this is, this is a good challenge.
-We'll knock this carriage house out lickety-split. -[laughing]
[upbeat song playing]
♪ I've got all eyes on me tonight♪
♪ Watching me while I am shining bright♪
[Cory] This is a, such a cute little apartment.
[Mina] So, that's the bathroom.
and this is our little kitchen.
-[Cory] That's so cute. -[Mina] Yeah.
So, bed right there.
What's this doin' over here?
This looks like it's got, like, a scuttle hole for what?
Right now, it's just, like, space under the eaves.
[Cory] Yeah, maybe this is small header in here, Mina.
-Above us, right? -[Mina] Yeah. Yeah.
Could do something in here.
-[Mina] I mean it's usable square footage for sure. -For sure.
-Yeah. -[Cory] Let me ask you this question.
What's this open to below for?
Is this, like, a design feature you had in mind here?
[Mina] 'Cause the door is downstairs...
-Yeah. -...so, by having this open,
it's gonna feel a lot bigger than it is,
-versus if this was a whole wall. -Yeah.
Do you think that that's worth it more than
actually having this as, like, usable square footage?
[Mina] Hey, bro, don't complicate things.
Having this open, it's gonna feel a lot bigger than it is,
-versus if this was a whole wall. -Yeah.
Do you think that that's worth it more than
actually having this as, like, usable square footage?
-Oh, you mean not all of it. Like, bumping that back. -Yeah.
I don't know how far we can bring it over.
-You have your tape on you? -[Cory] I do.
I think we can make more square footage
in the kitchen by kinda covering up some of that
staircase headroom that we don't need.
It's a really good idea, and the more square footage
we can get in this efficiency, the better.
I'm getting more kitchen, I'm happy.
[Cory] I'm gonna include that 2x4 and go this direction.
-Right about 48. -Three...
Four by-- So, 24 sq ft.
I know it's minimal, but this becomes
-usable square footage where this 2x4 lands. -[Mina] Yeah.
Cory was on a roll today, and I think this is definitely
gonna add some usable square footage.
Now I just need to bid those changes, but that shouldn't be too bad.
-This is super cute. It's super cozy too. -[Mina] Oh, yeah.
-Yeah. -I think it feels grand enough without this being open.
-Yeah. -All right. Fantastic!
[upbeat song playing]
Just would like to acknowledge, this is all Cory's fault.
-It was his ideas. -So, now we're gonna do a blamestorming
-real quickly for you? -And it was a really good idea.
Uh, it's, you know, nice having this two-story entryway,
but this is the kitchen and it's tiny,
so take this out and drop in floor joist, OSB.
And the second thing, it's pretty simple,
but this space seems very wasted.
So, just saws off this out,
and do a header across the top.
We've got 2x12s downstairs.
Same game on the other side.
Earlier this week, he had a really good idea
-to gain some square footage. -[Cory] Hmm.
So I got a bid for said idea,
and the labor was $3,750.
-Not saying that's an unreasonable number. -Hmm.
But, not one I can afford and
something I think that we can do.
I think they accidently put a zero on the end of that bid.
[upbeat song playing]
Dream team, back to our roots.
We're doing framing.
And it took us about two hours.
It's like we've been dancing together for a long time.
-[Cory] Yeah. -[Mina] And we were like, "Okay, we're gonna do this,
you're gonna do this, it's gonna work"
And we all just, kinda like,
-flow... -Yeah.
All right!
That's her.
-You guys... -You're really confident in this flooring... [indistinct]
-[Mina] Now wasn't this fun? -[upbeat song playing]
♪ Hey, keep up with this♪
♪ Hey, I know you know how♪
♪ Wooh♪
♪ Keep up with this♪
♪ Hey, can you keep up with this?♪
♪ Hey, keep up with this♪
♪ Wooh♪
♪ I know you know how♪
[Mina] With framing changes finally done,
and then drywall underway at the carriage house...
-Hi, baby. -[Steve] How are you?
...I wanna talk to Steve about an idea
to hopefully make this disaster of a project make sense financially.
The main house foundation is a whole rigamarole.
Pretty much the short story is,
that house is not gonna get built with any quickness.
-The main house? -[Mina] The main house.
-I'm gonna keep moving forward on the carriage house. -Okay.
But, I think if we take it, kind of,
out of the Two Chicks and a Hammer portfolio
and put it into ours for a long-term rental, it'll do two things.
Obviously, I'm not gonna make any money really
-if I sell it now. -Right.
It would let us hold it, get rental income,
and then sell it whenever we want.
-In five years, 10 years, twenty years... -[Steve] Yeah.
-Yeah. -That's my pitch.
Yeah, you'll have to take me by there soon.
-I haven't, I kind of forget the layout. -Yeah.
Kind of consistently looking for more properties,
um, for our rental portfolio.
For our children's education,
whatever that looks like for the future,
-and then also... -Our retirement.
...Mina and I's kind of, like, retirement.
I mean, ideally, getting through Birch would be, like,
the last, like, the big hurdle.
-Doing so many projects at one time. -Yeah.
I would love to be able to slow down after that,
-and not be doing, you know, a dozen properties a year. -[Steve] Yeah.
Do a more manageable amount.
'Cause I feel like I've-- I just would like to be able to
have a little bit more manageable schedule,
and I could do that if I was doing, like,
-four less a year. -Right.
The kids are not gonna wanna hangout with us forever.
-And they do right now, which is nice. -[Steve] Yeah.
[Mina] I just wanna slow down.
Maybe cutting back on not doing, you know,
ten, 15 properties a year
seems more appealing to me, and I think fits more in line
with how we want the next handful of years to be, and, like, our worlds.
But I think being able to slow down would obviously mean
the team getting smaller, which is also a big struggle.
Trying to decide, like, making the decision
-that's best for me and the family. -Yeah.
-Versus, like, keeping all my employees. -[Steve] I understand.
[Mina] I think it is time to think about how this,
kind of peeled back, like, pared-down, new business model
is gonna look for the team.
Just really figuring out, um,
what the new smaller team is gonna look like,
outside of just myself and my property manager.
I think, you know, if given enough heads-up...
[Mina] Yeah.
Um, sounds like a good direction to me,
-to make you happier, right? -[Mina] Yeah, it would.
[Steve] I think it's a good plan.
-Sounds like it makes sense to me. -[Mina] Right?
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Yeah, we waited for this♪
♪ Everything right here, right now♪
[Mina] Knowing now that these apartments
are gonna be rental properties for Steve and I...
-All right, I got big ideas. Good ideas. -[MJ] Ok, wow, here we go.
...I wanna meet up with MJ to see how we can give
these two twin units their own unique styles.
-They're both li'l babies. -Tiny.
So, we only have so many design moments to, like, really kind of pack a punch.
But, on one side where we created the bedrooms by making the bigger header...
-Hmm. -...I want to do, like, a bifold door.
But the bifold, pretty much you put shelves on it...
-Okay. -...so it's like a bifold bookshelf.
With the adjustment in the floor plan that we,
you know, ended up redoing after it was framed,
there's actually the space that is, like, a bedroom.
It's not technically, 'cause it doesn't have a window...
-It's a nook. -...or a door, or a closet.
But it's a nook.
But if I had guests over, I'd wanna be able to close it off, somehow.
This is kind of our opening, I guess,
for where the bed goes.
Right there. Pillow, pillow.
This we would be able to have
a bookshelf that, when it's closed,
-it completely covers this opening. -[MJ] Love that.
[Mina] I'm very excited about Birch.
-I love the little, tiny ones 'cause... -Me too.
...you can afford to go a little bit crazier.
So, we're gonna make 'em feel a little different.
I think we are gonna have to go very heavy on the furniture,
-the drapes, things like that, that are differentiating them. -Totally.
So, if we do this side much more patterned,
-so, like... Eclectic. -[MJ] Patterned, layers, lots of texture.
Little bit more color than what we would usually do
-in a small space. -Okay.
And then this side is gonna be a little bit more easy-breezy,
-beachy, beautiful, yeah. -[Mina] Beautiful, beachy. Okay.
I mean, our stock cabinet options are white and grey.
-So... -So, one side white.
-Grey, white. -Yup.
And then they have big garages,
-very simple landscape paths, essentially. -[Mina] Yeah.
Definitely wanna get some color in, like, some flowers
-in the landscaping to get, like, a pop. -Absolutely.
[Mina] It's not 100% yet,
but I'm pretty sure Steve and I are gonna hold these.
-[MJ] Yes, cute. -[Mina] Um,
which is why, like, I want them to be,
aesthetically appealing, but also super durable.
-I think they're gonna be cute. -[MJ] Very cute.
Last plan, I don't know if you have in our plan for this yet,
but I was walking with the kids, and the bridge...
-Okay. -...and Douglas David was out there, painting.
-Wow. -[Mina] Uh, doing, like, a skyline.
-Amazing. -And, he's gonna paint something for us
-to hang in there, so... -Cute. That's super cute.
Just one thing, but-- You want in on this side?
-Yeah. -[Mina] Okay. Okay.
-We have a plan. -Okay. Sisters, not cousins.
-Cousins? -Sisters, not twins.
Oh, geez.
[upbeat song playing]
[Mina] Over here on Birch, we're gonna keep it clean
with crisp, bright siding, which will go with both design styles
of the two apartments.
With out holdup on the main house,
I wasn't about to splurge on some fancy garage door like Cory wanted.
So, a simple but classic one is going in instead.
-Are we doing? -Don't worry, we did the hard part.
-We got all the cabinets up here. -Yeah, I know. That's sick.
[Mina] And now, it's time to get our dual kitchens installed.
-So do we have any-- -[Mina] My goal is to get cabinets in
because the counter is gonna be template.
-Friday. Yeah. -Friday, okay.
-Cool. -Brittany and I are gonna
-take a stab at next door. Okay. -[indistinct] Yeah, yeah.
-Let's get some installed. -[Mina] We'll get our side,
-you stay on your side. -Then we'll go from there.
[upbeat song playing]
You know there's a bug under daggone... [indistinct]
We're pretty competitive in my family,
and it is no surprise that Mina has pitted the boys against the girls
in hanging cabinets today.
-[Mina exclaims] -[Brittany] All right, girl.
[indistinct]
And I know Mina's over there hustling just so she can beat us.
You guys are shameless.
Nice. Oh, my God.
Mina's all vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
Racing to get through her cabinets
and I can just hear her going to town over there.
[Mina] All right.
I always think that slow and steady wins the race.
[Tad] Yeah, Mina doesn't think that way.
She's absolutely cruisin' for a bruisin'.
[Mina] Okay, we're good on the bottom.
-[Mina screams] -[Brittany] Oh, Jesus.
[Mina] Okay, we're good on the bottom.
-[Mina screams] -[Brittany] Oh, Jesus.
[chuckles]
[Mina] That scared the [bleep] out of me.
Everyone's awake now.
I think I'm just really anxious to beat the boys and finish faster...
Okay.
...but lesson learned. Take your time,
don't get hurt. It'll be all right.
Now we're cooking with gas.
Hot diggity dog.
What's up?
[Mina] We both almost lost some fingers
-but we got the sink in. -[Tad] Nice.
As expected, Brittany and I finished before the boys.
Now we gotta go finish their side and we are so close to completion,
and it's gonna be all hands on deck to rock out the finishes
after we get this counter template in two days.
With both kitchens installed
our white marble quartz countertops
are going in on the natural beachy side.
And our moodier gray stone is going in on our colored pattern side.
And in the bathrooms we went matte black on the finishes
for the colored and patterned side,
and the some luxe gold for the beachy side.
-Well, hello, sir. -[man 1] Hello.
[Mina] And over at Mom's, Austin and Mom are working
on a custom piece for the outside.
Did you bring me towels?
I got all sorts of towels.
-I hope they're clean. -Yes.
She goes, "Bring over some towels. They gotta be clean, though.
-Soft and pliable... -[Karen chuckles]
...because we're gonna make them hard."
[laughs heartily]
Do you see the table up front?
-[Austin] That's a table. Yes, yes, yes. -[Karen] It's a table.
The table is there to inform you of what we're doing.
We're gonna take the towel,
we're gonna put it in really sloppy, wet cement and water...
-Okay. -...and we're gonna make a concrete pot.
So, what you need to do slump molding concrete
is you need a form that you can slump a towel over.
-You need some cement. -[dog whimpers]
What's wrong?
She would like to tell you about slump molding concrete.
Need cement and water and then something to mix them in.
I like a wheelbarrow and a hoe, makes it easier.
You need to thoroughly saturate your towel
with the cement, water mixture.
-I mean, it's kind of fun. -[Austin] I don't like this sensation.
[Karen chuckles]
-All right, are we ready? -[Austin] Are we?
[Karen] I think we are.
Okay.
Slump it over your mold
and then let it dry.
That's what you need to do.
[Austin] I think you can do some little frills.
I think it's gonna set a better edge.
This is not done in the process of being done.
-Hands off done for our part... -Correct.
-...and it is going-- -It's going here.
You know, we'll put some plants in it. It's gonna look great.
[Austin] So, I think, if we were to go with a color on it,
I almost think uniform...
-[Karen] Yeah, plain color. -...because I think that that is giving it
it's, like, depth and texture.
-Look at you with all the good borders. -[Austin] Look at that.
-Yes, it is. Yes, it is. -Look at that.
[Mina] These sister apartments are making great progress.
It's a wider, warmer plank on the beachy side
and a lighter, thinner plank in a herringbone pattern
on the colored and patterned side.
And we're doing a light marble look backsplash in a herringbone pattern
to add some interest to our all-white beachy kitchen.
And then a classic subway pattern to balance out
all the color and patterns on the other side.
-We'll eventually have four units on one lot. -[Steve] Yeah, it'll be nice.
[Mina] And today Steve is dropping by to give us feedback
on what will be our new rental property.
It was just yesterday, finally,
that we got concrete poured...
-[Steve] Okay. Oh, yeah. -...which makes
-such a world of difference. It's like... -It does.
-...clean and tidy. -[Steve] It looks nice.
-[Mina] They're small. It's an efficiency... -[Steve] Yeah.
-...and I think the space is used really well. -[Steve] Yeah.
I want you to see it and see what you think we could rent it for.
[Steve] Sounds good. Let's check it out.
You can't see the flooring in a lot of spaces,
but you'll get a little peek of it. It's really cute.
Um, okay, yeah, you can see a lot more of it over here.
-[Steve] Great. Mmm-hmm. -[Mina] So, this kinda light blonde wood.
-Originally, this wall went straight back... -Okay.
...and we did four joists,
notch this back this way, we still have plenty of headroom for the stairs,
-and got a way roomier kitchen. -Yeah.
And then the other big change was this nook.
-[Steve] Ah. -[Mina] So, it was unfinished space.
So, [indistinct] this off. Opened the whole thing up.
And you could fit a whole or a queen mattress in here
for someone at, you know, in college here or
you know, just working, like, by themselves.
Yeah, these efficiency apartments
-are great for students. -[Mina] Yeah.
Renting out the carriage house apartment wasn't the plan, originally
but with the main house getting so delayed
I really can't afford to have these sit here doing nothing,
um, so I think if we can get those rented
that income will help offset some of the cost that's gonna have to go out
once we can get started back on the main house again. And it's gonna be fun.
So, Steve and I not only get to be business partners in this venture
we're also married partners, which is fun.
Overall, with your 12 decades
-of property-- You're very old. -12 decades?
-120 years. -You're just well preserved.
-What do you think we can rent it for? -[exclaims]
-'Cause I have a number in my head. -[Steve] Okay.
What's the number in your head? You got a number?
-'Cause we'll say it on the count of three. -Okay.
One, two, three.
-One grand. -I'll tell you when it's done.
-Do you think one grand's crazy? -No.
-But you'll tell me when we're done? -[Steve] Yeah.
Totally get why Steve is like, "Gotta see it when it's done."
Like, he trusts that I'll do a good job, it'll be amazing.
It really depends on those, like, last few finishes.
So, once it's all together, once it's staged,
I think it's gonna make a big difference
because then people will actually be able to really see the value in it
and while the square footage is small it's gonna be, like, super, super functional.
-So, we're gonna have to see when it's done. -Yeah, mmm-hmm.
See what our options are.
-Let's do it. -But you think you're
towards the direction of being on board
-to keep it in our family portfolio? -Yeah.
If that's the case I'm gonna need a little more sweat equity out of the fam
so I might have the kids come help me landscape.
-Jack's always wanting to help. -He is. He loves to work.
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[Karen] Adelle is so excited.
She's like, "Oh, I love coming here."
Three... three to four...
-Well, hello, gentlemen. -Hey, hey.
-Hi. Hey, Adelle. -We got the brain trust here.
-How you doing? -Hi, hi, hi. How are you?
[Austin] We are down in Osgood, Indiana,
checking in on our custom little built-in moment for the Birch property.
[man 2] We have something mocked up.
[Karen] Okay, so we have a box
of six boxes.
[both exclaim]
So, there's a bit of a dead space
at the back of the carriage house over here on Birch street.
And Mina wants the filled-in to be like a little bit of, uh, sleeping bedroom type area
so she tasked the boys with building kind of like
a hideaway thing to make that a possibility.
And wow, did these boys deliver.
You guys stand right here
so you can get the full effect of this double hinge.
Oh, wow.
-[air horn blows] -[both exclaim]
-[man 2 laughs] -[Austin exhales]
You guys stand right here
so you can get the full effect of this double hinge.
[Austin] Oh, wow.
-[air horn blares] -[Austin exclaims]
[Austin exclaims]
Oh, that face. I wish I had a picture of that face.
[all laughing]
[Austin] I was so shocked.
Yeah, I didn't see that one coming.
-[mimics horn] Oh, my God. -[Karen laughing]
So, it looks pretty built.
You said that it's gonna be painted.
Any timeline on when you might make it up to do the install?
-We're thinking next week. -[Austin] Next week?
-Yeah. -Okay.
[Mina] This carriage house is mostly done
and we've completed the install of our kitchen tile and flooring inside
but the outside is looking a little bland so it needs some love.
The plan is that, this and the yellow rose
kinda to play with in front,
and then all the pink ones are to go along here.
There's five pink and seven hostas.
Jack and Chuck helped me pick out plants,
um, a few days ago.
We'll do a loop and then we'll make some decisions.
[Jack] I like this one.
-[Mina] You like this one with the stripes? -[Jack] Yeah.
[Mina] We'll get some hostas and then mix in some color.
And to, theoretically, make quick work of it, we've got MJ, Britt...
Jack and Charlie, uh, and myself.
It's the cutest little path.
[Mina] So, the river rock goes over here.
-[MJ] Wow, that's so cute. -[Mina] Yeah.
And then once we get the fountain going,
I'd hang out there. So relaxing.
[Mina] You wanna dig with us, Jack?
[Jack] I'm digging for worms.
-You're digging for worms? -[Jack] Yeah.
Jack and Charlie are, uh, not wildly helpful.
Charlie did help pick up rocks.
Jack's solely focused on worms.
[MJ] Oh, my God, that's a lot of worms.
[Mina] You're worm rich!
-Just his little worm farm. -I didn't think about...
I know he's obsessed with worms.
So, pro tip, loosen it out of the bucket,
you wanna give it, like, a push, push.
Oh, that's a good job. Okay, we're gonna roll a little more. Now, push.
You ready? Boop.
Slides out like butter.
[chuckling]
-This all looks good. I'm super happy with it. -[MJ] Super cute.
-[Tad] What's up, big dog? -What's up?
-[Tad] How we doing? -Oh, not too bad. How about yourself?
[Tad] I'm doing pretty well.
-So, this is, uh... This is one of our next projects. -[Austin] Okay.
Today we are off of Napoleon Street
and I'm bringing Austin over so I can kind of show him the ropes of
bidding a job, thinking about the whole process.
Because I decided to bring him in
as the newest member of my construction company
that's been doing pretty well these days.
So now that you're, you're on the team and such,
you know, one of the things we've talked about is
I want you to pretty much know the things that I know.
We're doing this one for an investor
-and wanted to bring you over... -Okay.
-...to kinda talk things through with you. -Okay.
Been at Two Chicks for... I mean, like,
five and a half... five years in a row but I got let go.
-Okay. -[Tad] Okay. It's not the worst.
Uh, it wasn't just me. It was a lot of people.
It wasn't performance based or anything.
It was a restructuring.
It's a bummer to be a victim of that but it happens.
Tad called me and, uh, offered.
Said that he wanted me and, uh, you know, that feels good.
-So, yeah, I took it. -Yeah.
I know Two Chicks, you did a lot of the ordering,
you were kinda in charge of the materials and then everything in between.
We'll probably go through, grab measurements, figure out what we need,
and then start writing our bid.
Get that over to 'em and then we're prepped, we're ready.
-We have everything that we need... -[Austin] Yeah.
-...to be successful. -Yeah.
Austin knows an insane amount of construction knowledge
and he's gonna be doing a lot more here. He's gonna be writing bids.
It's a lot more responsibility because the company
will eventually, make money or lose money
based off of the bids he writes.
-[Austin] It's a lot. Sounds like a lot. -[Tad] It is a lot.
-Hope I can bear the brunt of that. -Yeah.
-All right, let's get out of this very stinky kitchen. -Yes. Let's do that.
[Mina] Ooh, watch your head, you're making me nervous.
Construction is complete on the carriage house
and we're getting ready to reveal this puppy.
[man 3] All right, let's lift this up a little.
[Mina] The boys came by to install our secret door bookshelf
in front of the bed nook and it's the perfect special touch to this efficiency home.
-It's perfect. I'm very excited. -[man 3] Yeah?
[Mina] And MJ and I are doing the final touches
before we reveal the house to Steve.
He's looking so cute.
Yeah, this is a cute little guy.
The main house is, uh, not a thing,
the carriage house is done and beautiful.
This side's a little bit easy, breezy,
beachy vibes. No too beachy.
The other side, we're doing a little bit bolder patterns,
a little bit more color.
-There's a lot going on... -[Mina] Yeah.
...but it all kind of blends and looks
-looks cohesive. -[Mina] It does. It does.
-Oh, hello. Good morning. -Hey, how are you?
-[Mina] Hi. -I have it.
-I have it. Are you ready? -Oh, my gosh, it looks so good.
When I was with the kids and Frank, we ran into Douglas David,
and he was painting on one of the many bridges
where we are now in the valley.
So, he's also bringing one of his paintings. It's very exciting.
-[MJ] That looks so good. -[Mina] Yes! I love it so much.
So, I'm gonna bring Steve by and
show him now that it's all done
and really assess what the market will bear
as far as what we could ask for rent.
-All right, I love it. Let's go. -[MJ] So cute.
[Charlie] Those are my shoeprints.
-I like your shoes. I like your shoeprint too. -Real cool.
All right, Charlie, what do you think?
-Love it. Looks so cool. Good job, mom. -[Mina] Is it pretty?
-You think it's pretty? -[Steve] Turned out really good.
[Mina] Yeah, it did.
Well, it came out awesome. I love it.
[Mina] But yeah, each side's a little bit different.
-So, like, the black windows, black lights... -[Steve] Yeah, I love it.
-...white windows, gold lights. -[Steve] Uh-huh.
Just subtle differences you really wouldn't even notice if you were not
-looking for it. -Yeah.
And the actual units end up being, like,
500 square feet, right around, but
I feel like they feel a lot bigger now that
-furniture's in them. -Oh, yeah. Yeah, I can't wait to see.
[Mina] So, Charlie and Jack helped at landscaping.
Do you wanna show daddy the landscaping you did?
-Let's see the landscaping. -Let's go this way.
I can't wait to see.
-[Mina] Show daddy all your plants? -[Steve] Did you help mom?
-[gasps] Oh. -[Mina] Ta-da!
[Steve] Beautiful.
-Did you help mom? -[Charlie] Yeah.
-Aw. Was Jack with you when you did it? -Yeah.
I'm sorry he's got school today.
Can't be here but it looks good.
-[Mina] Do you wanna go inside? -Yeah.
[Mina] I got a really cool thing inside...
-[Steve] Ooh, can't wait to see it. -...You wanna see it?
-You wanna see it? Let's go see it. -[Steve] Check it out.
[excitedly] Let's go see it!
-So, this is it. -Wow.
I love it.
-So, this is it. -Wow.
I love it.
I love the floor coloring.
-[Mina] Isn't it pretty? -[Steve] Yeah.
We did it in the herringbone... [indistinct].
I love the herringbone. It's my favorite.
It really does look bigger than the square footage you mentioned.
Britt and I installed the cabinets on this side
-and I think we did pretty good. -[Steve] Yeah.
-Yeah, it's really good. -[Mina] Went a little bit different with the countertops
so, it's, like, got, kind of like, an earth vibe to it
and the just, like, a nice, simple marble backsplash.
Dining area, just enough for, like, a couple people,
you could even put three stools around it if you want.
-Might've gone overboard on the ceiling fan. -Holy moly.
I didn't even notice that, yeah.
And then the bathroom right behind us...
-Uh-huh. Yeah. -...has a double vanity in it.
-[Steve] Oh, my. It's huge. -[Mina] Yeah, it's got good size, right?
Yeah, it's perfect size.
-So, you've got room for your stack washer and dryer... -Got everything-- Yeah.
-[Mina] Separate toilet room. -[Steve] The double vanity is interesting.
-Mmm-hmm. I wanted to make this feel higher end. -[Steve] Right. Yeah.
And that way a couple could live here and have their own sinks.
And then the tub shower is a one piece unit
so, super low maintenance. There's no grout.
There's no seams, there's no cock. Nothing.
-I'll hold you. -All right,
one more fun thing. You wanna see it, baby?
Do you know where the bed is? All right, I'll show you. You ready?
-[Steve] What have we got here? [gasps] -[Mina exclaims]
-Oh! Lovely. -[Mina] Ta-da!
Look at that.
-Get in there, girlfriend. -[Steve] Yeah.
-[Mina] So, it's a full size bed... -[Steve] Okay.
...it could, obviously, pull up further this way
so you could have, like, a storage bench behind it,
have a little more headroom.
And, when you're bad
-I just say, "Bye." -[Steve] Bye. Bye, mom.
[Mina] Just kidding.
[Steve] What do you think? Isn't that cool?
-Open it up and it's a bedroom. -[Mina] You like it?
I'm gonna take that as you like it.
We have the sisters not twins. Do you wanna go see the sister next door?
-Let's go. -All right, let's go check it out.
Slightly smaller plant.
Slightly smaller plant, slightly different color palette.
-I like it. -This is the beachy side.
Beachy side. I feel that.
So, no herringbone on the floor but I still like it.
[Mina] This is a wider, like, blonder plank.
-Yeah, I like the wide planks on the floor. Yeah. -Yeah.
-So, this one has, like, a full size sofa... -[Steve] Okay.
...and then the opening just has curtains so you can kind of,
you know, privacy of your bedroom if you have guests over,
-don't want them to see in or anything. -Right.
And then, it's like our kitchen had a baby.
I love a white kitchen, so, it's all marble, white, gold.
-[Steve] Ooh, I love this. -Isn't that pretty? This is
-French gold. -Ooh!
What's the difference between American gold and French gold?
Well, French is nicer.
-Of course. -[Mina chuckles] I don't know.
Well, let's come over here.
Um, this is the same exact layout...
-[Steve] Yeah. Yeah. -...I feel like they, like, feel little different vibe.
So, you got your bedroom.
And this painting, actually,
-the kids and I, we ran into Douglas David... -Uh-huh.
-...he painted it and brought this over. -[Steve] Nice. I love it.
All right, let me show you the bathroom real quick. Come here.
Oh, I love it.
[Mina] You know, the light gray, kinda like
-dove gray vanity with the marble top... -[Steve] Yeah. It's great.
-...It's a really good size. -[Steve] Yeah.
I think we'll be able to target a little bit higher rental rate
than, you know, like, college student efficiency.
Come sit down. Let's hear what daddy thinks.
-He knows all the things about apartments. -[Steve] Oh, man.
-Feel like when you were here last time... -Uh-huh.
...I threw out a thousand and you didn't, like,
-scoff at it, but what do you think now? -[Steve] No. Definitely not.
Now, that I see the final product
-it feels a lot bigger than... -[Mina] Bigger.
-...500 something square feet. - [Mina] Yeah.
Garage is huge. I think even up at 1200...
-Okay. -...could be doable.
1150, 1200.
[Mina] Even if, while we finish construction on the main house
let's say we held this for five years
we'd be in a great position for sales.
I just need to get good pictures
-and then we can list it. -Yeah.
These two units, them being kind of like the studio style,
I think, with the universities so close by
I think it'll definitely be, like, a younger
-uh, grad student I would say. -[Mina] Grad student.
The lot itself cost me $3,000.
And while I put in around $38,000 for the foundation on the main lot,
I spent close to $218,000 on the two apartments in the carriage house.
So, I'm all in around $221,000 for the carriage house.
And I think with the rent price between 1150 and 1200 per unit,
we're gonna be in a great place for when we sell this
in a few years down the line.
I think we'll probably get that carriage house apartment
up on the market in the next week or so.
Um, and make them available for rent probably in, like, four to six weeks.
All right, we got a game plan.
-Another good job. -[Mina] Pictures.
-You're choking me. -[Steve] Yeah, sounds good.
-Good job, boo. All right. -Let's go, little lady.
This is a really cool area and it's becoming an even cooler area
and there's just kind of like an excitement around it.
[Steve] Yeah. I'm excited.
[Mina] Steve probably doesn't even know this
but we have a good amount of empty lots in the area,
um, that I think are gonna end up being
-really good investments. -Yeah.