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today, we will help you decide if rentingis right for you. the only thing leftover from the holidays are the bills. if you'relooking for a little help, we'll show you a surprisingly safe and easy way to tradein those old cds and dvds for cash. it's a quick and easy way to de-clutter for the holidays.we will also give you a quick do-it-yourself tip on installing floor tile.(music). american housing income trust started in 2009as a flip model. we did up to 30 houses a year. buy them, fix them, re-sell them inthe market. and then around 2012, we saw the model changing to more of a whole model becausethe prices had increased where the margins for the flips weren't there anymore. so, in2012, we started holding our first houses
and renting them.1 in 10 single-family homes is a rental unit representing a $2 trillion dollar industry.demand for single-family rentals is expected to increase. this growth is a direct reflectionof a number of factors such as uncertainty in the job market or a lifestyle choice likeeliminating the burden of home maintenance, tax payments, hoa expenses, and insurancepayments. also, in today's world, the mobility and flexibility employment may require doesnot ducktail with home ownership. to find out more about the trends in rental propertiesand how they're becoming an investment to consider, i met with jeff and mike from americanhousing income trust in phoenix, arizona, a city where the rental market's growing ata rapid pace. so, jeff, what's going on with
the rental market. it seems like businessis booming. i couldn't be more pleased with the speedthat our company is growing. our company has managed to double in size every year sinceits inception. the rental space is booming nationwide with 38% of the baby boomers nowrenting and the mortgage restrictions on people trying to buy new houses. our vacancy rentin our portfolio is zero, 5% in phoenix. unbelievable. that is unbelievable. what are some of thesub markets that american housing has sort of uncovered?we like the master plan communities and newer subdivision. some of which are gated, golfcourses, club houses, swimming pools, tennis courts attracts really good family renters.i found out about american housing through
a mutual friend. i was transitioning froman old home down the road looking for a place to transition between my boys going on tocollege, moving out, getting their own places, and potentially within a year wanting to moveout to the coast. so, contacted them, gave them kind of the criteria i was looking for.wanted to stick with a home that was about the same square footage, had the same amenities-- pool , hot tub, you know entertainment background -- and they gave me some options.i gave them some options. i went onto zillow and looking around a little bit, and havingthem on my side actually made things so much easier.so, mike, what is a real estate investment trust?a real estate investment trust, sara, is a
company that owns and in most cases operatesincome-producing real estate. reits seek to provide investors with diversification, asteady stream of income, and most importantly longterm capital appreciation.why is a reit a good investment? there's a number of reasons, but typicallya reit is a great investment because they pay most of their taxable income back to theirshareholders as dividends. if you look historically, the listed reits have outperformed dow jonesindustrials and s&p 500 as well as the nasdaq composite.so, i'm a small investor. how do i begin? where do i get started?investors are seeking us out for a higher yield and an overall investment. call us orvisit our website, ahitrust.com.
alright. will do that. maybe you have someproperties you could show us. we could take a look?absolutely. let's go see them. alright. let's go.(music). right now, in this market, we typically get4-5 applicants on a weekend for our rentals. when we put them up for rent, immediatelygetting high demand for these rentals that we're putting up. so, we need to be startingon a waiting list at this point. so this is one of our rental houses. thisis a 3-bedroom 2-bath 1,800 square foot house. okay. and something like this would cost?the rent here would be in between $1,100 up to $1,300 a month.okay.
so, in our houses, we like to keep these moreopen floor plans, more family orientated houses with an eating area. anytime we buy thesehouses, we do granite. we upgrade it so it's very attractive to the families.(music). so this is our second floor, very nice loftfor kids' crafts. most of these houses, the master bedroom is on one side. the other sideof the house leads to two secondary bedrooms, second floor laundry, and a hall bath. we'vegot a very nice floor plan. this house is 2,800 square feet, 4-bedrooms,3-baths, has a really nice floor plan with an open family room, eating area, kitchen,beautiful pebble tech pool in the back. the bedrooms, the master is in the back, and allthe secondary bedrooms are in the front.
well, i guess this is it. thank you guys somuch. it's been so informative and a lot of fun.thank you, sara. if you're interested in renting a home, comesee what american housing income trust has to offer. and if you're a potential investor,you know what to do. maybe you're interested in both. if you'd like to see this portionof the program again, go to designingspaces.tv and click on the american housing income trustvideo. in phoenix, arizona, i'm sara michaels. (music).(music). cds. they've been around since the 80s. it'sbeen the way we've listened to music for the past 30 years. in fact, the first commercialalbum to be released on cd was billy joel's
"52nd street" way back in october of 1982.since that time, by some estimates, 671 billion cds have been sold. today, over 3 decadeslater, cds continue to be a popular way for all of us to listen to music. for some, ourcd collections go way back, and sometimes our tastes have changed a little. and thatmeans some of the old favorites are sitting around collecting dust and cluttering theshelves. the same is true for all those dvds, video games, and bluerays that we just don'tuse anymore. so, what do we do with that collection? well, we just found a surprisingly easy wayto de-clutter all those cds, dvds, and games, but also actually make money while you'redoing it. we found the company, appropriately named, decluttr. they'll buy the cds, dvds,and games you don't want anymore. here's how
it works. first, go to decluttr.com. then,simply enter the barcode from the back of the item into the evaluation engine and you'llget an instant offer from decluttr. you'll need a minimum of 10 items, or a minimum valueof $5 to complete the order. to make it even easier, you can also download the free appfor iphones or androids which turn your smart phone's camera into a handy barcode scanner.once you've accepted their offer, pack up your items in any box. decluttr will sendyou a shipping label to stick to the box. and then send the box to decluttr for free.that's right. decluttr pays the shipping. once your order's been received and verified,decluttr will send you your check. it really couldn't be easier. it's like a completelyfree service with no seller or listing fees.
seems like a win-win. we caught up with decluttrmarketing director, liam howley. we began in the uk in 2007 with our companyname, musicmagpie. we began in the usa in 2013 under decluttr. decluttr obviously sumsup the service pretty well. so, on decluttr.com in the u.s., we roughly buy about 20,000 unitsevery day. like i said, it's a mixture of cds, dvds, and games. half of those are boughtvia the apps. so, for iphone and android, they turn the camera into a barcode scannerso it makes it even quicker and easier to sell your items. people obviously love thefact that you can sell us a large number of items in one transaction. the average ordercontains around about 60 items. so, people use the service to de-clutter and make somemoney while they're doing it. yea, so people
tend to sell us a combination of cds, dvds,and games. we roughly get around about $50, $60, $70 dollars worth of product in everyorder. they just send it to us in one box. we pay the shipping, and then send them eithera check or pay them by bank transfer. certain items are worth more than others. newer videogames, for example, would be worth more than the majority of the cds. i guess rarer items,whether it be movies or music, they'll be worth a little bit more money. i guess that'spart of the fun of using the service, just scanning your items and seeing what your collectionis worth. but why not just sell it yourself online?i've been selling cds and dvds for years now, but it's just too much of a pain the normalway. you have to make an auction, you have
to answer people's questions, you have towait for payment and hope you get paid. it's just too much of a pain. it takes 3 weeksbefore you get any money. and a lot of these even like charge you a fee to sell your ownstuff. we also spoke with donna, who's tried decluttrseveral times. no more auctions or scary people to deal withlike i have on other sites. decluttr is quick and easy. all i did was enter the barcodenumber into the computer. it gave me a price. i accepted it. i packed everything up in abox, sent it on its way with free shipping, and then all they did was send me a checkin the mail. according to decluttr and its uk equivalent,they have satisfied over 3 million customers.
they've paid consumers over $90 million dollars,and a lot of people are using the service. between the u.s. and the uk, 2 million decluttrapps have been downloaded. so to get started, simply go to decluttr.comor download one of our free smart phone apps. enter your items on the site or via the app.choose how you want to get paid. send your items for free, and then we'll send you payment.like they say, make room and make money. it's really an incredibly easy way to sell allthose cds, dvds, games, and bluerays. our personal spaces, whether it's our homeor office, are where we spend the vast majority of our time. so, customizing those spacesto reflect our own style and personality is important to us. here on designing spaces,we're always on the hunt for the latest trends
to help make those spaces our own and do iteasily and affordably. hi, i'm debi marie. on this episode of designing spaces, we'regoing to introduce you to the latest trend in customized and personalized wall decor.our guest today is jennifer castoldi from trendease international, an online designand fashion publication. jennifer, so good to have you on designing spaces.thank you for having me. so, this sounds so exciting. tell me more.i want to hear more about what the latest trends are with hp wallart.well, my team and i from trendease, we travel all around the world to the latest designevents, over 100 a year. okay. busy girl.oh yes. and, it's safe to say that digital
is here to stay.okay. it's a revolution and it's changing the marketas we know it. oh, yeah. the design world is like, "wow!"you know? it's very different, and i love that.what your viewers may not realize is there's a whole library of images that they can useto decorate their wall with. okay.they can scale it to any size. they can change the color. they can even individualize it,so they don't have to work with the library. okay.as long as it's high rise. okay.say you're out on holiday and you see this
wonderful flower. you can supersize that andsuddenly it can be your bathroom wall. okay. see, i love that idea.i had the pleasure of going to the hp demo center is barcelona, and they are really workingwith lots of different innovations, and your viewers can access this innovation by workingwith interior designers or print service providers. there is a whole library of different substratesto work with. so, for example, they could print on sparkly paper, magnetic paper sothe children can have little cutouts that they can interact with and play with.that's very good because different rooms are going to call for different materials.yeah. it is not our grandmother's wallpaper anymore.good. let's just get that out there.
it's not. you can have fun with it. you playwith it. you can change it, and it's even eco-friendly.so, let me ask you something. we hear a lot about voc's. so, how has hp handled that?we don't like voc's. no, we don't like those.basically, these are the chemicals that you smell and inhale that aren't so healthy, andwith hp latex you don't have any of this. so, once you put it up, you can actually bein the room? immediately.okay. that is really special with the hp digitallyprinted wallpaper because they use latex ink. and that stands out above the rest?well, it's not solvent based. it's water based.
basically, after you've put it up, you cango right back to living. you can put your children to bed in their room. you can exercise.you can even use it in a hospital. really? wow! that's great. well, i have totell you. we found someone who loves this idea just as much as we do, and she wantedto decorate a couple walls in this lovely home. and she did just that a couple weeksago. so, i would love for you to meet her. oh, fantastic!okay. let's go. well, jennifer, i would like you to meet jennifer.great name! (laughter).well, why don't you both show our viewers how easy it was to order hp wallart onlinefrom your own computer?
so, wallart is a great communication toolwhen you're working with the people who are actually going to print the paper. so, youwould work with an interior designer or a print service provider. think of someone whowould print your business cards. they can also print your wallpaper.okay. wow. so, jennifer, what did you choose, by theway, for the walls? i chose personal family photos to create twomurals in our home office and in our family room upstairs.oh, that's great. i like that idea. so, what should we do? this is a great exampleof how you can use wallart. she would upload her high resolution image, and then we playwith the dimensions and obstructions to make
sure that she has the wall exactly the wayshe wants it. got it. and then the photo fits perfectlyon it. yes.okay. so, the first thing that we need to considerabout your room is the layout. so, once we've entered the size of the room and we've putin wall color, we can add in little obstructions so we can make sure your image will work inthat space the way that you want it to. and then you will upload the image that you'veselected, and the software that you're working with here, the wallart, will tell you if theresolution is too small because you wouldn't want to print something that's blurry.right.
so, once you've figured out where everythingis, where you want to the layout to be, you just save it and you send it off to the printer.okay. and the wallart already arrived, correct? yes. i can't wait to see.okay. do you want to show us how easy it is to put it up in the room?yes. alright. let's go.alright. well, installation is complete. looks beautiful. alright, now for the big reveal.should we call them in? the big reveal. yes.alright, jennifer and the kids, come on in! yeah. keep those eyes closed. we don't wantyou to see it just yet. mom's almost in. okay. ready? open your eyes!oh my gosh!
that's amazing!cool! so, why did you choose this photo?this was from one of our favorite family vacations, and it was just a really special memory forus. so, we figured what could be better than having it up on the wall so we could see itevery time we came into our home office. it's like you're reliving that vacation overand over. now, the canter's have, obviously, a home office. but, you could also use hpwallart for commercial use, right? the hp digital wall covering can also be usedin contract settings, so hospitals, restaurants, hotels. there's something quite special that'sinnovative on the market. it's type 2 standard is already built in to the paper which isgreat for high traffic areas.
okay. well, we have the playroom all done.should we go see what that looks like? definitely.yeah. okay, let's go. are you excited to see the playroom?yeah. this looks fantastic. i love this. look atthat. oh, they are going to flip over this. they're going to love it.alright, let's bring the family. you guys, come on in. keep your eyes closed. don't tripover anything. (laughter).okay, are you ready? open your eyes. wow.cool! it's amazing.you guys made the wall.
so, what inspired these photos?these were some of our favorite vacation family memories and just some of our favorite memoriesthat we've experienced over the last few years. i love this idea. it really just changed thewhole look of this room, too. it's amazing. we love it.well, i have to thank you for allowing us into your beautiful home. and you guys gota new playroom. what do you think? it's great.you're happy. yeah. it's awesome.so, thank you so much. and thanks to jennifer and trendease for showing us the latest trendsin hp wall coverings. this is amazing. so, thank you so much.thank you for having us.
appreciate it. and i'm debi marie for designingspaces. thanks so much for joining us today, and we'll see you next time. bye bye.(music). (music).welcome to the tile shop, tips from the pros. my name is michael, and today we're goingto talk about subfloor preparation. subfloor preparation is going to be the first thingyou want to do to make sure that your tile is installed correctly. you do not want anysubfloor movement or deflection. so, the first product i'd like to share with you is ourblanke-permat. our blanke-permat is this 2x3 mesh sheet. it weighs only 1 pound and isan â…› inch thick. you can install this right on top of the â¾ inch plywood subfloor formost stone installations. it also has a 10-year
warranty. next, is our cement boards, permabaseand hardie backer are two of the most commonly used out there today. they both are made upof 90% portland cement with some selective additives. they both are resistant to moldand mildew. they will not rot, swell, or disintegrate when exposed to water. both of them can becut with a standard utility knife by simply scoring it and snapping it. for more tipsand tricks on installation, please go to thetileshop.com and do not forget to subscribe to our youtubechannel. (music).you can visit these websites to learn more about theparticipants on this edition of designing spaces.making a space you can call
home, living the lifestyle youdesire. it's what we're all about.we are designing spaces. (music).