TEASER We are ready to buy our first home.

Where?

We don't know yet.

We're in downtown.

This better be the best 700 sq ft ever created.

It will be.

Oh wow!

Look at the view.

I want to be in the thick of things.

You get that cultural experience.

 My career is in the city.

This space is ridiculous.

There's no traffic.

This whole lifestyle does not feel like us.

Open mind.

Can't you see this?

I see it.

This is the city, this is the burbs.

Okay.
 And I'm like this now.

I want to make a home, work with me.

You work with me.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: CITY Vs BURBS I'm Chris.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: CHRIS AND LISA And I'm Lisa,

and together we're gonna buy our first house in the suburbs.

In the City!

Suburbs.

I can't get it.

 City.

Semi retired United States Air Force veteran.

I served my country loud and proud for 22 years.

And I am a portrait photographer.

I laid eyes on him and it was like aahh!

Come on.

And I have been laughing literally ever since.

We have a daughter.

She just turned 21 years old.

Her name is Taighlar.

 She's in college, so it's very important to me

that she has some space when she comes to visit.

So we moved here a few months ago

and we're currently renting a home outside of Austin.

The house we're renting now, it's great.

Good sized master bedroom.

Nice kitchen but we want to buy our first home together.

And we're trying to keep our budge in the $300,000 range.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: AUSTIN HAYNES RENTAL GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: $300,000

I retired from the Air Force about seven or eight months ago.

But I do have a new job.

I'm a security specialist downtown in the city.

I want to be able to have a short commute to work.

I want to be in the thick of things.

Walk outside, go have a cheeseburger.

I'm hoping for a nice view of the city skyline.

I'm all about the burbs.

There's a sense of community.

 There's corner lots, trees.

I want a stand alone home with a big backyard.

Good sized master bedroom on the first level.

Nice kitchen.

We'll figure it out.

Yeah.

We'll figure it out in the city though.

Maybe in the burbs.

Oh!

Boo!
 Mmmm!

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: CITY And that, look at that, Texas State flag, downtown.

Cap City, that's what we're gonna start calling it, Cap City.

What is Cap City?

Capital City.

Come on, baby.

So Lisa and Chris have been living here in Austin for a while

but they're just kind of now learning what the market is all about.

And Austin has undergone dramatic changes in the last ten years.
 I found them a place in their price range

and the location is phenomenal.

A 100 ft from me right now is Rainey Street,

which is one of the most attractive parts here in Austin.

You've got live music.

You've got bars, restaurants.

It's one of the most exciting places to live in the country.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: TARA USREY REALTOR GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: AUSTIN CONDO 1 This is nice.

This is nice.
 Welcome to Rainey Street.

Thank you.

Okay.

So as y'all can see it's under construction now

but think about the value that it's going

to add to this piece of property.

Okay.

Cool.

We are going to see a studio condo.

One bath.
 500 sq ft.

Offered at about $270,000.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: STUDIO / 1 BATH 500 SQ FT.

$270,000 Okay.

500 sq ft?

That's what you get in city living.

Okay.

I'm keeping an open mind.

Alright.
 Keep an open mind about it Lisa,

you're gonna love the walk-ability.

What is that?

That is called city living.

Food delivered right to your doorstep.

That's cool.

I like that.

They just drop it off in the hallway like that?

Right to your doorstep.

 'Cause you can smell it.

I don't really like it.

It's about location.

Okay.

Let's have a look.

Yes.

This is pretty small but look at this, everything really close.

I could you could say compact.

Okay.

So take a look.
 Okay.

And I'll be right outside.

Okay.

Look at the kitchen.

Look it's nice size refrigerator there.

Is this it?

I didn't know that we were gonna be like looking at a tiny house.

We have so much stuff.

I'm trying to figure out where we're gonna sleep?

 What?

Right here.

Here we go.

What in the world.

On no.

There you go.

Here we go.

A Murphy bed?

Yeah.
 Oh man, this is is kind of cool.

No!

This is not cool.

Oh!

How did they come up with the name Murphy, babe?

What's the back, background with Murphy?

I don't know.

The Murphy bed was cool I thought.

What if we get in a fight

and I tell you to go and sleep on the sofa?

 Like what is that gonna look like?

Look.

I'm gonna be like, yeah, okay.

You'd be all pissed off maybe and like I'm going

to a different room in here, you know...

I don't like this.

I can still see you.

When you think about spending $270,000

I think about a lot more than what I'm seeing.

 Where's the bathroom.

Oh!

Oh!

Okay.

This is nice.

It's bigger than I expected.

Hey!

Get off me!

Alright.
 Oh!

This is awesome.

This is cool.

Austin, Texas.

I'm, I'm gonna fall in love with this.

Small time boy now in the big town city.

But the construction.

The scaffolding.

When is this gonna be over?

It's something, something to look forward to.

 It's something alright.

Hey Taighlar.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: TAIGHLAR HAYNES DAUGHTER

We're at the condo and mommy and daddy wanted

to show you one of the ones that he would think about purchasing.

Uh-hm.

Okay.

That's it.

That's it's.
 Wait a minute.

Hold, hold...

what you doing?

I mean, hold on!

Did you see it?

Did you see it?

That's literally it.

It's literally it.

I'm gonna take you from the door.

See how long the wall pass is?

 There ain't much to see Taighlar.

Oh!

See how big it is?

Wow!

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: Okay, mom?

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: You can pick up the phone now.

It's out here.

She's out.
 I tried to tell you.

It's too small.

Is it?

Where am I gonna stay?

Where am I gonna sleep?

I don't know.

Maybe on the floor?

It's tight.

Okay.

Bye.
 Bye.

The pool could sway me, so let's go look at that.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

The food's still here.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: COMMUNITY POOL Mmm.

Yeah.

So, as y'all can see it's under construction now.

 Oh.

Okay.

But think about in the Texas summer heat.

Summer is not too far away.

Yeah.

We're really in the heart of downtown.

I do like what it looks like out here.

I love it.

I love it.
 So, what did you guys think?

I think it was small.

And if you're willing to increase your budget

I can certainly show you something a little bit bigger

and then you can make a decision from there.

Okay.

Sounds good.

Okay.

Let's go.

Alright.
 Good for her.

What you think?

If you think we can extend the budget

then I'm all for it if it's the right place.

Yeah.

We got room to increase about 20 more thousand.

I like this.

Okay, look at that.

A ice-cream joint.
 Thai style ice-cream.

Oh my God!

Look at this.

Whoa!

That's mine I think.

You don't see that in the suburbs.

No.

I guess you don't.

If the city comes with ice-cream I may be sold.

 I think she's warming up to the city.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: CONDO 1 CONDO 2

So we're still in the heart of the city

but we're out a little bit away from the construction zone.

I think they're gonna love this place

but I don't think they're gonna love the price.

This is nice.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey.

Hey guys.
 What took y'all so long?

Oh!

I'm trying to bribe her.

Ice-cream.

Oh!

Tell us about this place.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: 1 BED / 1 BATH SQ FT

Today I'm gonna show you a little bit bigger one bedroom.

Twice as big as the last place.

So let's go up and I will show y'all around.

Okay.

I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Okay guys, come on in.

Whoa!

Oh sucks.

Wow!

This is nice.

Oh!
 This counter.

Okay, I can cook in here.

I can.

I like this.

I love the finishings on the cabinets.

I love the hardwood floor.

This is really nice.

This is big.

I can see our big screen mounted to the wall in here.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: LIVING ROOM Mmm-hmm.

 So, I love this place.

It's , it speaks to me.

She lit up folks, she did.

She lit up.

This is impressive.

This is nice.

It is.

It's the bedroom.

Not no just a Murphy's bed, it's big enough for a bedroom.

And a nice size bathroom.

Wow!

Mmm.

This is nice.

Huge walk in closet.

Wow!

I do like the area.

I love the kitchen.

It's got some highlights.

 Okay.

But how much will that cost Chris?

Oh.

In due time we'll find out, okay?

Okay.

We'll see.

It's kind of a happy medium.

It's kinda got a homelike feel.

Yeah.

In the city.
 That's true.

And there's a couple of amenities I'd like to show you.

Wow!

What do you think?

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: COMMUNITY GYM Oh.

Okay.

Now this is a gym.

This is a gym.

This is what you call a gym.

 Yeah Chris.

Yeah.

Look out, look out.

Go Chris.

Look at me, look at me, look at me.

I'm doing my cardio.

No Lisa.

Damn.

Yeah.
 What?

Wow!

Look at this pool.

Yeah.

Come on out.

There's an outdoor kitchen.

Oh wow!

A bar area.

And this is your pool.

This is a great selling point.

Am I swaying you a little to the city?

Okay.

You are swaying me.

Okay.

This is the city, this is the burbs.

Okay.

And I'm like this now.

Okay.

Okay.
 Yeah.

Okay.

I'm starting to think about how much does this place cost?

If it's within our budget, and I'm thinking it is.

You're gonna make it work?

We're gon...

I'm gonna make it work.

Okay.

So, I just want to let you know that the condo is listed for $385,000.
 Tell me again.

$385,000.00 Oh.

You just went another $100,000 more, I mean.

This is what it costs to live in the city.

This is what it costs.

And now we know.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, y'all think about it.

 Okay.

And go from there.

Yeah.

Sounds good.

Break 1 I got order up for Chris.

Oh, right here.

Look at that.

You got all them cars going up and down the street.

It gives that feeling of we're doing something in the city.

That's true, but there is also a price tag that comes with the city.

I knew that it would be expensive.

I just didn't think that it would be that much.

It's way outside of our price range.

But I am impressed with the space.

What about the other place?

What the one room condominium?

Yeah.

I know you didn't like that.

 I sure didn't.

But, yeah, want to know what's the prices of the house going out there in the suburbs now?

Yeah.

But we'll find out.

Okay.

Alright.

We'll find out.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: One week later GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: BURBS This is the burbs.

This is the best part of life.

It's a slower pace.

 Yeah.

It is.

No-one's in a rush.

Look, there's no traffic.

Yeah, because we are in the middle of nowhere.

So today I'm showing them a house in Georgetown,

which is about 30 miles from Austin.

It's a great historical town, full of charm

and everything I think they would really like.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: AUSTIN GEORGETOWN Oh.

Wow!

Look at this.

Okay.

This has magnificent curb appeal.

Hey guys.

Morning.

Good morning.

Hey.
 Good morning Tara.

We are going to see a three bedroom, three bathroom house.

sq ft.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: 3 BDRM / 3 BATH SQ FT.

$299,000 Okay.

Okay.

Listed at $299,000.

Okay.

That's at the top of our budget, but...

It is.
 ...

There's a lot of space.

And you get more for your money out here.

And we get more for our money and that's exactly what I'm going for.

Great.

So, come on in guys.

Oh wow!

Oh!

This is what they call cathedral ceiling?

 Correct.

Alright.

I love it.

Oh wow!

This kitchen, the island, I, I can do a lot of my chopping and prep work here.

It's spacious.

It's roomy.

You and Taighlar can be sitting here watching the game,

sitting in front of the fireplace.

 Yeah.

Everything we need is right here.

We have a big backyard.

A big front yard.

We're not very close to the neighbors.

We have everything.

Look at the size of that kitchen.

Huh!

Look at the color of that kitchen.

Yeah.
 There's a lot going on with the paint but we can change that.

Don't focus the negatives.

Let's accentuate the positives.

If you could get this house and put it closer within the city for work.

It's not that far from the city.

Man, you crazy.

Consideration the traffic.

I understand that.

That's close, I mean we...

 okay.

But, you can't get this size house in the city.

Yeah.

This is definitely the master.

I kind of wish this master was downstairs.

We prefer the master bedroom to be on the first level.

We don't want to invade each other's space

when we have guests in our home.

Check out this bathroom Chris.

 Oh wow!

I love the space in this bathroom.

The tub is nice.

I ain't never been able to fit in a tub.

So are you saying it's too small for you?

Yeah.

Okay.

Let me tell you something.

You were trying to convince me to live in a 500 sq ft condo,

so I know you're not talking about something being too small.

 Huh!

Chris.

Shucks.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: DEN Look...

Oh.

Look.

Oh!

...

At this.
 Whoa!

Look at the space in this room.

I like this.

Yes.

The space in my room.

This is my man cave.

This is upstairs.

This is Chris's tree house.

Wow!
 I got my own space.

I could toss in a little Murphy bed if I want one.

I don't like this carpet.

I would love to change it to maybe hardwood if you didn't mind?

Whoa!

Whoa!

Wait a minute.

Wait, wait a minute.

I mean why you got to be changing my stuff?

Oh, so you're claiming it now 'cause you like the suburbs.

 But yes dear, we're way out here.

Hey guys.

What do you think?

You know I loved it.

Well, have you seen the backyard yet?

No.

You've got a large lot, covered patio.

Yeah.

We do.
 Pool deck.

Oh, that's nice.

I like that covered patio.

This is beautiful.

I do love the pool.

I do love the space and everything.

I really like the pool.

Yeah.

It's definitely good for relaxing.

 Yeah.

The deck.

The deck.

The patio, wow!

It checks almost all of my boxes.

But, it's 30 minutes outside of the city.

Right.

And it's kind of far out for me.

Let's keep it on the table.

Let's keep it a contender.

 Okay.

So the next one we're gonna go see is in Leander,

it's about 20 minutes away.

Is that closer to the city?

It is.

Good.

Break 2 So, we're here today in Leander, Texas.

We're about 20 minutes from downtown.

It's a little bit closer to Austin than the one I showed them in Georgetown.
GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: GEORGETOWN LEANDER A short commute to work, that's always a plus.

Oh wow!

Is that a pool?

Yeah.

That's a pool.

Hey!

So let's take a look at the house.

It is a four bedroom, three bathroom house.

A little over sq ft.

 It's listed for $265,000.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: 4 BEDRM / 3 BATH SQ FT $265,000 Whoa!

Yes!

Mmm.

Okay.

Alright.

Alright.

Yes!

Alright.

We're good.
So let's go take a look.

Alright.

Come on in.

Oh!

I like it already.

It's really nice.

It's light.

It's bright.

It's open.
 Yeah.

It's got a lot of real natural light.

Open kitchen.

I love the appliances.

And some things need to be changed.

Maybe the counters and the cabinets needing a little updating.

I love the flooring in here.

This tile is cool.

Oh, there it is.

 On a nice cool day like today,

yeah, I'm about to assume the position, right here.

Oh yeah.

This is where it's at.

Look at this bedroom.

I think this may be the master and it's on the lower level.

That's what I was really looking for.

Uh-hm.

See our guests are upstairs.

I love that the master is on the bottom level.

 This is really nice.

So you're saying you're coming around to the burbs, Chris?

I'm coming around to this bedroom.

I mean, you know, that, I mean that's not saying the entire burbs

but it's coming, it's coming.

There.

Oh!

This got to be the bonus room.

I will be willing to relinquish this to you all for the low, low cost of living in the burbs.
 Yeah.

You're being all nice and stuff No.

No.

No.

No.

But, I like this room.

I heard him say.

Maybe.

Possibly belonging to the suburbs.

 I may be.

Maybe.

Maybe.

I heard...

all I heard was suburbs.

Hey, Taighlar.

Hi.

Okay, baby girl.

Mommy and daddy are looking at a house

and we want you check out the bedroom

 and see if this is something that you would like.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: TAIGHLAR HAYNES DAUGHTER We out in the boondocks though.

Say it quick because we might lose your connection with you.

Okay.

You like this room though don't you Taighlar?

I know you like it, you like it.

Um.

Who gave birth to you?

Oh God.

Come on, I mean.

 Who gave birth to you?

you know, hey.

I planted the seed in the garden.

Ain't nobody worried about your seed.

Bye.

Bye.

We, we should probably go check out outside.

Yeah.

And grab Tara on the way.

 Yeah.

Okay guys.

Look out your backyard.

Oh wow!

Look at the space.

A large porch.

The backyard is really spacious.

It's a great size.

It was.
 I, I mean I really like the space that, that's back there.

The down side, oh, no swimming pool like the house in Georgetown.

Like a home improvement.

It say, hey, Chris.

Hey, hey, how's it going with you.

Hey.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So there is no pool in the backyard but the great thing about this neighborhood is it does have a community pool.

Okay.
 I'm open.

Great.

Got a great park.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: COMMUNITY PARK Got a basketball court.

Got two goals.

Okay.

Yeah.

Basketball, soccer.

For picnics and parties.

 It seems like it's a nice community, so.

Yeah.

It's a good way for neighbors just to come together.

Wow!

This is nice.

I love it.

Very much open.

Yeah.

It's huge.
Dead in the center of the community.

That's pretty nice.

Yeah.

I like this a whole bunch.

And what do you think?

It's another check mark.

Check.

Good.

Well I can tell Lisa's happy.

Chris?
 Okay.

I know you like it.

Go ahead and say it.

It's nice.

It's nice.

Between the two houses this one has a lot to love.

I really like the master on the first level.

First floor.

I mean 15 minutes closer to downtown Austin.

 That's always a plus.

But, the other one was move-in ready and it had a pool.

It did.

I think we've got some thinking to do Miss.

Haynes.

Okay.

Hey, babe, the food's here.

Great.

I'm hungry.
 $385,000 one, we got to leave that one out.

Right.

It was just way over budget.

So, the condo.

I know you don't like the scaffolding but we know that the scaffolding is gonna be removed.

There was no space.

There was no space for anything.

And with no space.

Okay.

I am beginning to warm up to the burbs.

 You really need to start thinking which house in the burbs that you really want.

I like Georgetown.

I like the pool.

I really did like the pool.

The man cave is already ready.

But, except for all of the different colors, I didn't like.

But that one also had the master upstairs, which I didn't really like at all.

But the one thing that Leander had was it's closer than Georgetown to Austin

and then there would be a lot of projects in that Leander house that we'll have to do.
 Yeah.

But we have a lifetime to do it in.

There's a sense of community.

And it's, it's closer to the city for you.

It's a compromise.

I mean I, I really do like that pool out there in Georgetown though.

There's a lot of decisions with these houses.

Agh!

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN: Nine weeks later Hey.

Here we are in the burbs.

 Ah!

We're out in the burbs.

Whoo!

We picked the burb because of the price point.

$255,000.

Poosh!

Also the location.

And this house just had everything that we needed.

Chris's tree house.

 Got my nice 60" TV.

Go Long Horns, go Texas!

We'd love to maybe reno the kitchen a little bit.

We've already talked to the contractor and got some quotes and we're thinking it over.

Being 15 miles out of the city it's, it's, it's really working out for the both of us.

Yeah.

Mommy!

Hey Tai.

Hey Taighlar.
 Hey!

How are you Taighlar.

I knew that it was gonna come one day and I'm just happy that the day is finally here.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Center logo: DISCOVERY NETWORKS You think mommy and daddy did good?

I think y'all did wonderful.

So, so how long are you gonna be here this time?

She just got here.

Don't be asking her.

Well, yeah, no, I'm just saying, I'm just curious.

 I'm not trying to rush her.

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I'm gonna be like, yeah, okay.

You'd be all pissed off maybe and like I'm going to a different room in here, you know...