Well, our next guests are experts in helping new
homeowners stretch their dollar all while doing it in a
marriage and raising their kids. So here to give
us expert tips and all things. Real estate are
the stars of married to real estate. If she
and Mike Jackson, welcome, we so happy to
have you join us from studios. I will start
with you on your show. How do you help
people stretch their dollar when it comes to home?
Well, my middle name is literally Bargain birth.
I am the queen of stretching a dollar, but
I think most mothers are right. We learn how
to things go really far really fast with our clients
. It's, you know, number one, what
is the budget, what are our needs? We
put our needs first and Mike takes care of those
obviously with the renovation and construction. Our wants are
often in the design. And so, you know
, sad to say as a designer perspective, I
do take a back seat when it comes to client
renovations. But what, what we'll do is always
find a way to give you the look for less
. There are always alter materials that could be used
to achieve the same aesthetic but for, for a
much less, you know, number on that price
tag. OK. I like that a lot,
Mike. I know Egypt mentioned that you're more of
a builder per se. Egypt sounds like more of
a designer and a broker in the real state broker
. Yes, Mike, talk to us about how
you come in here and help families and people stretch
their dollar alongside Egypt. Well, for example,
there's a lot of cases where we run out of
materials or materials show up late. So we gotta
be strategic and plan out that situation. So like
my wife says, sometimes we'll substitute the supplies for
instance, instead of using a particular type of wood
, we may use an MD F which is cheap
, right? It's always about getting creative and using
what you have where you are. How is the
working dynamic together between you two? It looks like
you have a lot of thought on the show.
Is it, is it always miles and curious?
No, it's not. That's just what you see
, you gotta imagine. But listen, we've been
together for 19 years. Um We, we love
each other. We work together, obviously. Um
Yeah, we, we like each other but on
Wednesdays, no, we're home. We have,
we have our moments. I mean, I,
I quit the show, I quit, quit him
and I quit our business for five minutes last week
and I came back you know, after I got
a good milkshake, I came back. So,
you know, it's marriage and business at the same
time. I I love that. Ok, so
I know working together obviously comes with a set of
challenges. Uh but it sounds like you two have
a great approach to it. We do have a
clip of you working together. Let's take a look
. Ok. So it's not my fault. Ok
? You had Jamila tell me, why didn't you
just tell me what happened? They called me today
and said they were behind and can't install the stone
backslash until tomorrow. That's our entire hood. The
whole backslash. Here's the deal. We're supposed to
turn the house over tomorrow afternoon. If they show
up early in the morning, it's gonna be crazy
if they're working down to the last minute it happens
. Look wai come here wsa Right. What do
you say all the time? Half faith, right
? Pressure is faith. OK. Good. It's
gonna happen. All right. Is this true to
form? That is the clip you gotta show that
is true to form. That is, that's every
day. Yeah, that's every day. But we
see our way through it and uh we woo saw
and we hug it out. Yeah, I like
that. I like that. So overcoming challenges obviously
is part of it. But uh it sounds like
you two have a good thing going on here.
Yes. Yes. We, we, I I
wouldn't choose to do that life, this business or
this show with anybody but this guy right here,
he keeps me laughing. I love doing what we
love to do with each other. We love each
other. So it works. Egypt. I know
you mentioned earlier that you're a real estate broker in
addition, obviously to help you with design design mean
. So what's your best advice on finding a new
home? You know, right now, there's still
a housing shortage in many areas in the nation specifically
where we live in the southeast region. You know
, after COVID, it was like the the just
the the great influx of people moved south, therefore
pushing prices high inventory low. And so I am
with, with our clients specifically in my brokerage seeing
this every day, there's still multiple offers even with
interest rates having, you know, risen so high
. So what I'm telling people is number one,
stay encouraged, recognize that real estate is cyclical already
. They're talking about dropping rates a few times next
year. And so I, I would always say
buy the house date, the rate that's, you
know, something we say in real estate is,
you know, there's never a bad time really to
get in and off the fence and if rates aren't
where you want them to be, guess what if
they drop, you can always refinance later, but
that house may not be around. I like that
by the house date. The that's, that's a
good piece of advice here. Ok. So with
your combined years of expertise together, what you notice
is the number one money mistake that people make when
it comes to a new home. I take that
on here one that comes to mind when you said
that a lot of people throw a monkey wrench in
their situation by making big life changes before they purchase
a house. For example, one, either they
get divorced, which is unfortunate, they go buy
a car or they go buy something that throws their
credit report off. And so when they go to
get pre approved, they can no longer get pre
approved because they did not know they should not have
made this big purchase. That's before renovation, that's
before buying a house. I would say also if
the numbers don't work and this is what we say
if the numbers don't work neither week. So budget
for everything you're going to do in a renovation,
make sure you're getting a bonded quote. And that's
what a lot of people overlook. You know,
when you hire contractors and the numbers just keep changing
. And you say, wow, how did we
get$40,000 over where we started? You need to
make sure that you've worked through those numbers to a
t that they're estimating square footage as well. Um
You know that they're itemizing the materials and then get
a bonded quote and that'll help you stay on budget
. Ok. Such good tips. Uh, what
can we expect to see on season three of married
to real estate? Well, some more of the
funny, some more of our family. Um,
you're gonna actually see us elevate and evolve into our
new business, actual having our business because season one
and two, you see us trying to progress into
finding an establishment. Season three. We actually,
yeah, we, we brought all of our businesses
into a one stop shop. And so that is
um that was definitely a stressor because Mike's been in
business for himself. I've been in business for mine
but, and, and being married get it all
under one roof. You know, it definitely comes
to a head, but Indigo Road is now your
one stop shop for real estate renovation and design.
And so you guys get to see that this season
as well as us renovating Cau Clark Atlanta University.
So that's a big one. Ok. Uh This
is a lot of fun and very helpful. Thank
you both for joining Egypt and Mike and you can
catch season three of married to real estate December 28th
9 p.m. Eastern on HGTV. We'll be watching.
Thanks guys. Bye.