Property Ladder

A two-bathroom house in Santa Monica has a $25,000 renovation budget, and the owner hopes to turn a tidy profit by selling it. Host: Kirsten Kemp.

A 23-year-old woman puts all her savings money into a one-bedroom condo in Long Beach, plus a $10,000 renovation budget, hoping to turn a profit selling it.

Two men try to remodel a 1980s condo in Palm Springs on a $5000 budget, but the plans seem a little too ambitious.

A promising home in a historical neighborhood of Houston has a $30,000 renovation budget, but even that may not be enough.

Former fraternity brothers team up on a restoration.

A stay-at-home mom in escrow on an outdated three-bedroom house in Texas plans on refinishing hardwood floors that are currently covered with a 1970s-style green carpet.

A two-story brick home has a $10,000 rehabbing budget that includes painting, termite-damage repairs and kitchen-appliance replacement.