Very enjoyable watch, they reminded me of me and my wife when it comes to budgeting and projects. I always want cheap and easy and she is top of the line and a project dreamer.
I have to say though, anyone else surprised by the budget? Basically she wanted 350k and he wanted 250k and they ended up buying a house for 239k. In the discussion he said "do you want to ever be able to take a vacation?" He made 550k each of the past 5 years. He made 175k at NDSU prior to that. I didn't see what his new contract is, but would guess it is still over 100k.
On one hand, I commend them for being modest. On the other, I would think they could write a check for a 500k house.
I was thinking the same thing.
I don't know them personally, but they seem like good people. Hopefully things work out for them at Northern St.
You're probably right about the dollar values, but consider a couple angles: One, they also bought a house somewhere around Hocking Hills at one time. Whether they still own it, I don't know. Besides that, maybe the producers are trying to show homes in ranges that normal people buy? (not close to $1mil?)
Another thought - maybe they're just being really conservative and want to retire young? I know I'd be trying to do that if I was making 500k a year.
That said, if I were them, I would have bought the house in the country and built the basketball court and a 'man shed' to watch film that could have an indoor half court. ;)