Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. We are doing a super fun video today We are going to do a get ready with me. I'm gonna show you the makeup. I use we're gonna do a really natural look today We're not even putting on eyeshadow We're just gonna do some liner and some very natural lashes And I'm gonna show you some of my favorite go-to beauty products I get a ton of questions on the makeup and skincare and lashes that I use So I thought what better time than to do a get ready with me to share those with you I'm also going to be answering some questions. I posted both on my Facebook group and my YouTube community tab What questions do you want me to answer in regards to weight loss? WW beauty my channel, whatever my personal life I'm here to give you all of the answers to all of your questions I also posted on my Instagram So I have quite the list of questions And I thought that it would be way more fun to do a get ready with me While I answer these questions than just sitting here and giving you the answers So we are gonna start putting on some makeup and start answering all of your questions With the beauty counter an instant glow I really really love this I do have a mirror here with some lighting So if I look away, it's just because I'm going and putting on my makeup here in the mirror I love this because it literally gives you a glow To your skin, but what's even better is you still see that glow Through all of your makeup and right now beauty counter has a glow getter trio where you actually get this Illuminating glow for your face. You also get my very favorite Overnight resurfacing peel. I'll pop a picture in here of that and you get the highlighter aka the blush that I'm gonna Be using today you get that all in a package and it is a fanatastic deal So I will just put this over my entire face Oh, and I'll link everything down below for you guys as far as the products that I'm using And I just kind of rub it in and I let it go ahead and dry just a little bit And so let's answer some questions while we're waiting. Oh, and I do have a cup of the coffee over cardio coffee You guys know I love this coffee. It's my favorite. This is the Texas toast. It's amazing. I'll link it down below, too So, let's answer the first question So some of them are just very basic questions about me and I thought they'd be a good segue into this Q&A So how old am I? I am a 44 years old. I will be 45 in November A lot of you bless your hearts think I'm in my 30s, which is really really sweet But no I'm 44. I am married. That's another question that I got. Are you married? Do you have children? I am married to my husband Troy We will be married three years in November. We've been together five years as of September So about five and a half years by the time that our third year anniversary comes around for us being together You also ask how we met we actually met online on match.com We went to high school together, but my husband is two years older than me So I actually didn't even know him in high school So I remember looking back at his senior picture in his yearbook and I thought I Remember him like he looks really familiar, but we didn't run in the same circle I didn't even know him in high school. So we actually met online and the rest is history and the other question is kids We do not have kids. We have two dogs as you know diesel and Lola our babies diesel is eight and a half years old He's a full-breed yellow lab. He's amazing and Lola is our rescue. She is a pit bull mix We're not actually even sure what she's mixed with we don't know entirely how old she is But we think she's probably about seven. We're guessing she's about a year younger than diesel and they're our life There are babies. I love them with every piece of my heart and literally we treat them like our children as you know If you watch my channel All right, so next I'm gonna go ahead and put on my foundation. I really like this foundation from Too Faced I'm in the color porcelain. It does come in the little pump So I usually will just pump about three pumps here onto my hand and then I do use my beauty blender These are just cheapy ones from Fred Meyer to go ahead and apply my foundation and while I'm doing that We're gonna talk a little bit about a couple other basic questions One of them is where do we live? What state are we in? So we live in the state of Washington. We are not in Seattle We are on the completely other side of the state in Spokane. We love it here. I actually was not born here I was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but we moved here when I was About well, I was going into the fifth grade So I was really young when we moved here and we've been here ever since and I am an only child So is my husband my husband's sister actually passed away when she was 12 years old from spina bifida So my husband has been an only child since he was 18 years old as well So we live in the beautiful state of Washington I'm gonna go ahead and apply my concealer I usually just stick that under both of my eyes and then I'll also usually put a little down my nose and on my upper lip And I just go in with my same beauty blender to blend that last question as far as like personal about me is What do I do for a living? So if you followed my channel for a while, you know, my background is actually in human resources I was an HR manager for several several years and back in June of 2019 crazy It's gonna be a year next month I actually resigned from my human resources position because I was not happy at all and I decided to really focus on my YouTube channel And also get my real estate license. So since then I have gotten my real estate license I've had it since August of 2019. It's going really well. I'm loving it So essentially I'm a full-time youtuber and a real estate agent So I wear a couple of different hats and to be honest with you guys. I love YouTube I wish I could afford to do it full-time But I'm just not quite there yet and that kind of brings me into my next question Which was actually asked on Instagram and that was you guys asked me How can you support me on my YouTube channel and help my YouTube channel grow? So really simple for you guys to be able to help me which first of all, I greatly appreciate you even asking About helping me so there's a few things number one you can obviously view my video So the more views we get the more that YouTube pays us as far as our ads and adsense go Also, if you watch my videos to the end, it really helps my watch time which then helps the CPM which is the amount that we're paid per ad. It's a very complex situation But if you watch videos all the way to the end that really helps also if you actually watch through the commercials or the ads That's a lot more help than skipping through the ads and all of the interaction that you give on the channel thumbs up Leaving comments sharing the video all of those things really really help and another way that you can really help support Me on YouTube and maybe I can do YouTube eventually full-time is to support me in my affiliate links And I do have a few you know the built bars of the world where when you make a purchase It doesn't cost you any more money, but I receive a little bit of a kickback so to speak I mean we're talking very minimal like less than a cup of coffee But it still really helps grow my brand helps grow my YouTube channel and helps income wise So those are really the big ways that you can help me out as far as supporting my YouTube channel So thank you for a couple of you that asked about that that really truly means a lot to me So now I'm gonna go ahead and put on my powder I'm just using the L'Oreal true match and I just start with the sponge that actually comes in the powder to get a good base On and then I'll go in with a brush to kind of blend it out you guys. I'm not picky on powder I pretty much use whatever I can get my hands on at the store So if something's on sale or I have a coupon, that's really the route that I'll take as far as powders go I'm really not picky. I'm not someone that feels like I need to spend a lot of money on powder I feel like they all pretty much are the same. So for me, this works just fine So I'm gonna go ahead and go in with that and then I'm gonna come back in with this two-faced Heavenly skin brush and I'm just going to blend out my powder and while I'm doing that I'm going to answer the next question and that is Will you ever completely switch to the purple plan? So you guys know that I just recently posted my what I eat in a week trying out the purple plan I'll make sure that I link that video down below for you guys But I tried it for an entire week and like I kind of also mentioned when I transition Over to a clean approach to the program that ultimately my goal was the purple plan once I was able to get look at my makeup on me once I was able to get my portions under control and really feel confident in Being able to handle the purple plan that was eventually my end goal. So I tried it for that week in that video I'm doing it also again this week just to give it another extra two week good try and see how it goes So eventually that's my plan. I don't know when that will be I don't even know if that will be but ideally that is the plan That what I would like to land on to finish out the rest of my WW journey So the next question is what are your go-to lashes and this is perfect timing for me to share these with you And that are the Tori Bell lashes.  These are so much more They are seriously the best I've ever ever tried and I am a lash snob. So these are fantastic So I'm gonna start with the mascara liner combo with the mascara And I'm just going to go in very lightly just basically on the base of My lashes. I'm not trying to get any length. I'm literally just trying to add the mascara to the base of my lashes to help the Lashes the magnetic lashes stick So I've got just a little bit of mascara and then I'm going to go into the other side Which is the actual liner and I'm going to put this as close to my lashes as possible because I want my magnetic lashes to stick really well To the liner and what's fantastic about this liner is you can totally screw it up And you won't even be able to see it once you apply your lashes So I'm gonna go ahead and make sure that I have a nice amount of liner on when you're using this liner Make sure that you're just going in and out directly. You're not moving the Liner around the base to like wipe it off because it becomes clumpy and it will stick So I'm gonna go ahead and do that. So back to the question about what are my go-to lashes? Tori bell Tori bell lashes are awesome. I used to buy just your traditional glue on lashes on Amazon But I know that a lot of you struggle with the glue bothering your eyes Also, they can be really expensive because they don't last very long and these lashes if you take good care of them can last up to 20 different uses which is amazing. So I love them. I think they are top-notch So those are my go-tos. I'm gonna link the website to Tori bell down below. There's cosmetics There's everything on that website. So I have one coat of liner We're all gonna go back in with a second coat, but we want to give this a couple minutes to dry So while it's drying, let's answer the next question. So what is my favorite makeup brand? So I'm not really picky Boozy about makeup I do have a couple of favorite kind of higher end cosmetics that I'll be sharing with you guys throughout this get ready with Me video, but I am a little more picky on skincare because I am 44 years old I'm concerned about aging fine lines wrinkles. So for me the skincare is where I'd really Rather spend a little bit of extra money and you guys know, I'm obsessed with beauty counter It is a clean makeup. They actually regulate what goes into the cosmetics in the skincare So it's safe for your face. You you guys would be amazed at some of the Materials that are in makeup because makeup isn't heavily regulated There are a lot of crazy things in the makeup that we're wearing and beauty counter is actually 100% clean So I have switched completely over to beauty counter Skincare and I will switch to beauty counter cosmetics as soon as I'm out of what I have I didn't want to waste the makeup that I have so I'm gonna kind of work on going through that before I make that transition And of course, I'll link beauty counter down below as well as the products from beauty counter that I showed you today So moving on let's do the next coat of liner Just because it's been a couple of minutes You always want to do two coats to really help those lashes stick a little bit better So these are the lashes that I'm gonna use these are the Toribell fantasy lashes now You actually do get two sets when you buy a few of the Toribell lashes Because you can do what's called stacking where you stack the two sets of lashes together to get a more dramatic look for today Though I'm going on a charelle. So I'm just going to put on one set of the lashes you guys It's amazing.  It is magnetized to my eye. It doesn't go anywhere I have even tried this with a blow dryer to see if it would blow off and it does not so let me go ahead and get my Other lash on and we'll answer some more questions and carry on with our makeup All right, so then I'm gonna go in with just some regular mascara And I'm gonna add that right to my bottom lashes now this of course is optional I just really like the look of a little bit of mascara on the bottom as well But look at these lashes you guys these things are amazing So I'm gonna go ahead and add that last little bit of mascara to my bottom lashes And the next question I have came also from Instagram and that is is Jazzercise hard? Yes It's hard.  You're dancing. You have great music You have a great group of ladies around you It really just makes exercise fun and it flies by you're it's hard You're out of breath. You're sweaty, but it's fun So it doesn't really feel like exercise if that makes sense Highly recommend if you have a Jazzercise studio in your area You can sometimes score a free week or a free class and you can kind of see if it's something that you like Or there's Jazzercise on demand. I'll put that here on the screen And it's like $20 a month and you can do it out of your home So I've been using that during the quarantine, but I can't wait to get back to the studio Time to do my brows. I love the easy breezy brow Actually, Tori Bell has a brow kit mine is on the way and by the time you guys see this video I'll have it so I'm going to put it here on the screen my thoughts But it is an actual like pot with a brush and you can shape your brow it even comes with stencils So I'm really excited to try it. It'll be my new go to if I like it But for now I'm using this cover girl and basically this is like a brow mascara So it goes on very similar to mascara.   So I'm assuming I'm using all my weeklies in my dailies I do not dip into my fit points just Because I use my weeklies. I don't necessarily need to dip into my fit points now That's not saying that if I was extra hungry on a day that I'm really working out That I wouldn't use my fit points because I probably would but I think the weeklies are there to be used It may make your weight loss a little bit slower But this isn't a race. This is a journey. This is a lifestyle. I know for me. I want to go out to eat once a week I want to have my favorite food whether that be a hamburger and fries or pizza and by eating my weeklies from the get-go Even if it slows my weight loss, it's more of a lifestyle and more sustainable for me.  In fact, I do I actually just started my website a couple of months ago. It's here on the screen. It's gents w w journey dot com This is where you guys will always find my recipes I no longer link recipes in the description box because I have my website I just automatically put the recipes on my website. So definitely check that out Next I'm going to go in with my positions formula butter bronzer, which I actually use as a highlighter Stuff smells so good like coconut and I'm going to start here on my cheek bone And just bring that in. Can you guys see that? It's just so incredibly pretty And then I will just drag my brush about halfway to my eyebrow and down And then I go right down My t-zone as well and you can just see that glow So the next question is where can I find your discount codes? So my discount codes are always linked in the description box of every single one of my videos It is also on my website the actual updated version of all the links discount codes affiliate links non affiliate links Everything I can save you money on and my favorite things are always linked in the description box They're on my website and they are also on my facebook group So if you're not part of my facebook group come on over and join us We'd love to have you over there. We have 15 000 amazing supportive members It's just a great place to be to ask questions and get that extra support So i'm going to go in with my hakari radiate. I just love this stuff It's kind of a mixture of a bronzer and a highlighter and a blush kind of all in one So I usually will use kind of my angled brush here And I'll go in right below my cheekbone and it serves essentially as my blush But again, it also gives that little bit of highlighter and that little bit of bronzer and then I just kind of bring it across Again kind of my t-zone area and it just really gives that pretty glow So now i'm on to my community tab on youtube to answer the questions The first one is this is from erin hanks and she says What's the best thing you've noticed about the way you feel since starting the clean approach? Oh my gosh, you guys, there's so so many. I actually went into detail I did a one month review of my clean approach. I'll link that video down below for you guys But hands down the energy that I have I have so much more energy. I feel Better I don't have stomach issues anymore You guys know I had a lot of stomach issues prior to the clean eating my skin Just everything has just become so much better since I started the clean approach to w w I'm really enjoying my foods. I'm much more satiated and full. I have a lot less cravings I mean I could go on and on and on of course these benefits are going to vary from person to person But you guys I am so grateful that I made this transition So next I go ahead and take my beauty counter cream highlighter and I put this where I smile. So basically I'll smile It's like a fake yee-hee and I'll put that right on the balls of my cheeks And then I just take my finger and kind of blend it out super super simple But again, you get that nice glow gives you that pink of the apple of your cheek So next question again from my community tab I just have my phone here on youtube is from Veronica and she says has our current situation Made you feel like you can do this without meetings when this is over Or will you be ready to get back to them hands down? I'm ready to get back to my workshop to be honest you guys I haven't missed a single virtual workshop since the quarantine started It is my way to stay connected to my leader to all of my friends at my w w workshop And I enjoy the virtual workshops. It's just not the same as being in person I miss actually physically seeing my friends and my coach. I want to hug all my friends So I am absolutely heading back to the workshops as soon as I can but in the meantime I'm thankful that w w has given us the virtual workshops as kind of a fill in during the quarantine So last for my eyes, I use the Kylie Jenner Santorini. Look at this. This is a like a highlighter But holy moly this is some bright highlighter I literally you guys pull it right off of the lid So I'll take my brush and I'll just kind of dab in the lid and then this just goes right here In the corner of my eye and it just really kind of brightens it up Especially when I'm not wearing any type of eye makeup It just really kind of brightens my eye makes my eye look big and pretty I really like it now you could use it as a highlighter on your brow bone as well If you're putting on shadow this stuff is pretty awesome So this is one of the more expensive products But this jar has I've already had this a year and I haven't even used Even an eighth of it. It'll last forever and ever Next question comes from Kaylee and she says what is the first thing you're going to do when the covid crisis is no longer Prelevant uh What aren't I going to do? Okay, I'm going to hobby lobby hands down That is one of the first things that I'm going to be doing because I wanted to buy some new home decor So hobby lobby is on my radar. I'm going to go back to jazzer size my w w workshops I can't wait to just get out. Oh and camping We already had our very first Camping weekend canceled due to the virus. So we're hoping that we can go in June Of course, I'll vlog it for you guys, but just get out and get back to life That's what I'm most excited about and let's do another question So the next question comes from jarinda and she says since starting your clean approach Have you had days where you crave not so healthy options? Yeah Absolutely There are days that I want sugar and all the things especially when it's my cycle or the starting or leading up to my cycle And I have them. I just have a cleaner version of them So I will have a dessert, but it's going to be as clean of a dessert as I can find You guys know, I've made a lot of sweet item substitutions So I'll just have one of those in place of what I used to have as far as sweet cravings So I'm going to do a pretty bold lip today because I don't have any eye makeup on literally other than a little liner and lashes So I'm using the beauty counter and I love their cosmetics They smell like mint and they have like this minty vibe on your lips Love them. This is the fuchsia is clean and this is a bold lip my friends So I'm going to go ahead and go in with that And I do not use lip liner. I just go in and do the best that I can to trace my lips So let's get that on. All right. So there it is. I love this color It's one of my favorites And I think that when you're not going heavy on the eye You can go a little heavier on the lip if you're going heavy on the eye You want to go a little less heavy on the lip? I love beauty counter You guys have to pick up some of their lipsticks. The mintiness feels so good on your lips So before we do our final makeup step, which is our finishing spray. Let's answer a few more questions So monica asks I love craft beer and I know you do too Do you still partake? And if so, how are you fitting this into your clean approach? So as you guys know on saturdays, I use my weekly so that is when I would have a craft beer or a beer That is when I have all of the food that I normally don't have the rest of the week So I still have craft beer, but I'm a one beer kind of girl So I don't even worry about the points and again I do just generally have that on the day that I don't track or use my weeklies Now if I want to have a beer during the week, I just track it. I just track the points for it So yep, I still partake Next question is from my fit life. How much weight have you lost since starting your journey? So actually as of right now, I'm just over 30 pounds most of that was lost so far in 2021 Not most of it, but about 10 pounds of it 2019 was not my year for weight loss I think overall I lost 20 pounds in the year of 2019 So it's better than nothing's better than gaining 20 pounds But I'm doing really well in 2020 especially since my clean approach. It's made a world of difference So that's kind of where I am Next is Katrina and she says, what are your top five makeup products? I kind of shared that with you guys already Beauty counter as far as skin care goes and cosmetics, especially the this highlighter stick and their lip colors Tori bell for lashes Tori bell also has some amazing eyeshadow palettes And I do like to face when it comes to Foundation as well as finishing spray and I'll show you that finishing spray So one more question before we do that is from Kaylee and she says any recommendations on volume eating recipes So she's basically asking I had to clarify with her. How do I get the most food for my points?  That's how you're going to get the biggest bang for your points buck Have a higher point protein or a higher point side and bulk the rest of that meal up for volume with zero point foods So to finish out my makeup, I'm going to be using the fresh glow setting spray from Too Faced I love this you just give it a spray and it just comes out Like this really really fine mist Give it a quick fan and voila. We have a very basic natural makeup look for today So before I give you a close-up, I will have a couple more questions I want to answer looks like two more the next one is from yolanda and she says I may have not I may not be completely caught up, but I've done weight watchers in the past I now do iTrack bites for free on a cell phone app Have you ever tried it in the past and also what are your struggles and how you get past them? As far as overeating in the evening. So yes, I did track. I did try iTrack bites at one point For me. I'm not a fan of the app. I find it not very user friendly and I also find it not very accurate I find that a lot of the points are incorrect on the iTrack bites app and to be honest for me I'm a weight watchers girl. I don't mind paying the monthly fee for weight watchers Especially because I enjoy the app. I find it to be more accurate Not 100 but more accurate and you guys know. I love my workshop So I don't see myself going back to iTrack bites So that's that and also she says, how do I get past overeating in the evening? One simple thing I cut myself off from food one hour past dinner We are early dinner eaters usually between 5 and 6 p.m Because if you didn't know my husband starts work at 3 30 in the morning twice a week So we are in bed generally me every night of the week Just saying by 8 o'clock 8 30. So I cut myself off around it's between 6 30 and 7 I sleep better if I don't eat before I go to bed And if I'm feeling snacky or hungry my go to 100% is to make a cup of hot flavor tea zero points I'm still drinking something that has a flavor. So I feel like I'm getting some some food I'm getting some flavor and it's zero points. So that's what I do if I'm feeling crazy and snacky in the evening And the last question on my community tab of youtube is from jane And she says any tips for someone who seems to be at a plateau And then she talks about how she's switched up programs.  So number one try switching up your program Switch from blue to green or green to purple Also try switching up your foods if you're someone that eats the same food all the time That actually can cause you to go to a bit of a plateau. So try changing up your food Also, if you don't use your weeklies use them Sometimes your body needs that little bit of extra calories and food to jump start it once again Lastly is exercise if you're doing the same exercise try switching that up as well Make your body guess make your body guess and second guess what you're doing with food and with activity And a lot of times that will automatically break a plateau. All right guys So that is this quick easy natural get ready with me Make sure you check out the description box for the links for all of these projects the eyelashes to face all the things Especially the beauty counter will be down in the description box below as well as the videos I talked about today Here's another quick look at my makeup. So you can see that pretty glow of the highlighter How absolutely natural these lashes are they're really truly amazing Amazing. This is a 10 minute makeup look for me when i'm not filming So really quick easy to get out the door, but looks like you spent hours getting ready I get that question a lot. Oh my gosh. It must take you hours I'm a 10 to 15 minutes for makeup and this is just a really natural but put together look So I hope you enjoyed today's video if you have any other questions Feel free to leave those down in the comments for me if you're new to my channel I love it if you'd stick around make sure you're subscribed and your bell is turned on So you don't miss a single video. We'd love to have you be part of our community Give this one a big thumbs up if you enjoyed this q and a in this little bit of a makeup tutorial And of course comments questions down below. I love interacting with you guys in the comments Thank you so much for hanging out with me today. Have a wonderful day, and I'll see you in my next video. Bye guys


The gloomy, rain-saturated day wasn't enough to hold back the smiles, tears of joy, and warm hugs. The Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing welcomed home 80-plus guardsmen from their deployment to southwestern Asia. The guardsmen departed in late October in support of Operation Enduring Sentinel. Four KC-135 aircraft assigned to the unit transported the guardsmen to their deployed location, and carried out several aerial refueling missions before returning home. No one wants to deploy during the holiday season and miss out on spending valuable time with their families, but it is important for us to take the fight to our adversaries in their territories to maintain our nation's defense. The guardsmen will enjoy well-deserved time off before jumping back into extremely high-tempo operations. The unit is currently preparing for major changes to the Air Force's war-fighting tactics and capabilities. Another round of deployments to the Pacific Area of Operations and the installation's upcoming 75th anniversary celebration. Reporting from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I'm Master Sergeant Brian Hoover.


The Whistler, another signal mystery. Parts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Beneath marketers of signals famous, go farther, gasoline and motor oil. Bring you another in a series of strange tales by the Whistler, a story of darkest Africa and two strangers who brought it no light. Listen to black magic. First, I'd like to read you what the driver of a 1929 LaSalle thinks of signals go farther service. Wilfred Pollard of Los Angeles writes, naturally, when a car gets 15 years old, parts wear out and are difficult to replace. My radiator cap, for instance, is rusted so it no longer holds tight. Pop Figot at my signal station on Western and Harold Way has on three occasions been considerable time with pliers and wire repairing it. Pop does it without asking and with a smile it makes you feel like you're doing him a favor. It's this kind of service over and above the line of duty that makes me like to trade with signal oil dealers. Many folks are surprised these days to find signal dealers going out of their way like that to please a customer. But there's a reason for it. Each signal dealer is permanently in business for himself. He knows that the best way to keep his business good year after year is to give you thorough, reliable service that will keep you his steady customer. Such service is the reason so many drivers who want their cars to go farther are switching to signal stations. Why don't you drive in and get acquainted with your neighborhood signal dealer this week now? The Whistler. In the sub-equatorial Africa, a land of violent rains and oppressive heat, a small village huddled at the mouth of an American-owned mine, carefully set apart from the squalid native huts, stands the house of Paul Arnold, manager of the mine, master of the village. On this sticky afternoon, Paul is busy with his report. Suddenly, his door is open to the tall man in dirty white centers. Yes? Mercy, I just wanted to tell you four more in the last hour. Maybe you want to add that to your report. I can take care of the reports without your help. No, sir. Perhaps you can run the mine without my help. Perhaps you can run the mine with half of the native's state of malaria. I told you I've done everything possible. Dr. Kent should have been here days ago until he arrives. There's nothing more we can do. We could have forced the natives to take the queenine before they see... Coming from you, that's a laugh. You've been here long enough to know you don't force these devils into doing anything. When Kent gets here, we'll take care of it until then I don't want to hear anything more about it. No, bien. But I think these doctors must have taken one look at Africa and turned back. Yes, Ackman. Mr. Arnold, the automobile from New York. Oh, good. You'd better give up thinking, Pepe. That's Kent now. Come on. Oh, Ackman, stir up some of the natives to help with the luggage. If I can, Mr. Arnold?  You make it very clear. Oh, welcome, Dr. Kent. Hello. Oh, we got here finally. Well, we're almost giving you up. I'm Paul Arnold, of course. Let me... Don't look so startled. This is my wife, Nora Kent. Paul Arnold. How do you do, Mr. Arnold? I... How do you do? Well, this is something I hadn't counted on. I'm sure it must be.   I know. Nora decided to come at the last minute. Well, we... This is an honor, an unusual honor. We'll do our best to make you comfortable, Mrs. Kent. I'm sure I'll be able to manage quite well. Yes. Well, come along into the house. It keeps out a little of the heat, some of the rain, and none of the bugs. Pepe will see to unloading your equipment, Doctor. No, thanks, but that's something I make it a rule to see to myself. Can't afford to have anything broken out of it. If you take Nora in, of course. This way, Mrs. Kent. Thank you, Mr. Arnold. Oh, Paul, it's worth it. It's worth every unbearable mile of the trip out here just to see the look on your face. Yes, I must be very amusing. Just a clown. You'll have to be nasty. You? Married to Kent. When did that happen? When do you suppose? After you ran away so suddenly? I ran away. You're not going to pretend my leaving had anything to do with it. I'm not pretending anything. No, this is all very open and aboveboard, isn't it? Your husband, does he know anything about me? I suppose you've told him all about us. I've told him nothing.  Otherwise, you wouldn't have come. I didn't say that. You thought it.  What do you expect? To be welcomed with flowers and kisses after the week? I don't have, Paul. Perhaps we went just right for each other then. Well, I know it would have sound crazy to you, Paul, but I need you now. You need me? You have no idea why I'm off here. You couldn't possibly know.  Now it's my turn to laugh. Jealous, a pittian. Things all set. Oh, good, Doctor. I'll see about some coffee after your wife's description of the trip you can probably use some. Thanks. Sounds wonderful. Just make yourself comfortable. Right. He's like a nice guy, I don't. Very. Of course, this isn't exactly paradise, but I'm sure we'll be able to manage quite well. You're enjoying this, aren't you? Enjoying it immensely. And are you, darling? Oh, sometimes I could kill you, dragging me out to a hellhole like this. When you'd much prefer to stay in New York with your many friends. No, I'm sorry, darling, but you happen to be my wife. Roger, I won't stay in this horrible place.  Besides, it's too late to think about getting out now. I'll get out if you're more easily than you can imagine. Much more easily. I don't think so, darling. It's really going to be almost like the second honeymoon. Just you and me. Just you and me, Roger. Kent and his lovely wife, Nora, begin a delightful stay in Africa.  Now it's the following morning, and while Nora sleeps late, Paul and Dr. Kent begin the work at hand. How far to this building you say they're going to use for a clinic, Arnold? It's there just ahead through the grove. Not too well isolated from the village, not too large. This is Africa, doctor. You can't expect to find everything exactly that you're liking. I realize I've alarmed about the death rate. From your reports to the company, I didn't gather it was nearly this bad. Most of the deaths have occurred since you and Mrs. Kent left the States. By the way, where is Mrs. Kent this morning? I'm surprised she's not with you. What do you mean by that? Well, you did insist on bringing her out here. You do think it was a mistake, is that it? Since you ask, yes it is.  Perhaps. But Nora happens to be my concern. If you don't mind, I'd rather not discuss it. As you say. Who's that fellow making all that noise? The native medicine man. He's calling off the evil spirits. My competition, eh? It's over. He hasn't been very successful. No, but don't underrate his influence with these people. Oh, sounds like trouble in the village. Come on. Hey, what's the trouble? The usual thing these fellow refusers do work. All right, take care of it. I'd like to talk to him. Go ahead. Hey, Nebo. Why aren't you at the mine? Begging in our evil, bring curse, big sick. But we're going to take care of the big sickness. You go back to the mine. Nebo, go to Mazaka. Mazaka? What do you mean? No evil in Mazaka. Nebo, go. But I'm trying to tell you. You're wasting your breath. Can't you? Can't reason with him. Take him away, Pepe. We?  What was he talking about? This Mazaka. That's a village on the plateau. They'll all run there if you don't watch them. Why? Oh, some more of their magic, I suppose. He said no evil in Mazaka. What did he mean? The natives have an idea there's no malaria there. It's possible. Narrative immunity, maybe? I don't know. Let's get back to the house. Not as well. These, uh, these people, they don't seem to be too fond of you. I'll take care of that. You stick to your test tubes. Death can't stick to your test tubes. There's not time to lose. The mine's output, you know. Besides, Nora's beginning to act strangely. Almost as if some kind of a plan were beginning to take form in her pretty head. And you really can't watch her properly while your job is yet to be done. Can you, Doctor? Well, experimenting, eh, Kent? No, hello, Arnold. Glad you're here. Mr. Decaulay at the mine, but it couldn't seem to make the phone work. Maybe he didn't crack it right. Anyhow, what's up? Find out something? Have you heard of Blackwater fever, Arnold? It's a form of malaria, particularly deadly form. That's what hit us? No. Now, that'll be easy. I've treated Blackwater cases. The worst of them was nothing like this. What are you getting at? I'm telling you that we're up against something. This is a form of malaria worse than anything I've ever seen before. Frankly, I don't know exactly what it is. But I do know that the usual treatments, quinine, arsenical salts, and the rest don't even touch it. What do you intend doing? I'm going to Misaka. Misaka? If it's an area of immunity as the natives seem to think, there must be some reason. You'll go up there alone. That's what I intend. And you won't find the natives too cordial to white men. I know that. I have to take the chances. It's your funeral, Kent. Maybe. I'm starting from Misaka this afternoon. And if you should happen to run into my dear wife, you might tell her that. You've packed my toothbrush. Anxious for me to leave? You don't have to be crude. I don't think you should make this trip, Roger. No, don't worry. I'll be back. At least there's no fever in Misaka. No, stop it.  Get hold of yourself. Ouch! Don't drag my arm. You listen to me. I don't want to listen. This time you're going to. While I'm gone, I want you to stay away from Arnold. Shall I say again? Do you think I've forgotten? Just wipe the slate clean and start over? No, Roger. You don't forget. You're like an elephant. I don't want to forget. Night after night, you running around while I plan how to do away with myself so I can stop thinking. You know it's so busy. You presented the fact that men found me beautiful.  Oh, Roger. Can't you give up this trip to Misaka? Can't we both get out of here? I'll change. I'll do anything you say, only let's leave this place. After you've learned your lesson, Arnold. All right, Roger. Have it your way. Make me glad for every hour I've made you some. Yes, come in. Fine. I'm ready.  Still trying to talk me out of it? It's for your own good. I wonder if all you're worried about is my health.  Remember, I told you. You too. It's my second warning in the last few minutes. Well, I'm off. Oh, yes, one thing more, Arnold. While I'm gone, see that Nora doesn't leave this house. Don't worry. I'll be here waiting. You are listening to The Whistler, another signal mystery brought to you by your friend, the Signal Oil Company. Marketers of signals famous go farther, gasoline and motor oil. And Dr. Kent is on his way to Misaka, leaving two people with very much on their minds. To help things along, rain has begun to fall. Cold, drizzling, clammy rain, falling without stop for three long dreary days. Now it is night. Nora's pacing the room like a caged Tigris. Arnold is trying to get something on the radio. That thing. That's pretty bad tonight. The case of nerves were developing. Why don't you relax? Let's have a laugh in rain, rain, rain. We all get used to it. I don't want to get used to it. He had no right bringing me here. Well, that's your affair. Why don't you try to get some sleep? Oh, sleep. I've been in my room listening to the rain, feeling that it's hay that's all around. There's no use getting all worked up again. It's easy for you, sitting there so calm. Don't you think for one minute that I like it here? 10,000 miles from nowhere, day after day, with nothing but filth and disease? I can't understand why you stay, Paul. I have my reasons. I could go back where there are people. But there is a good place. I could be happy. Let's not talk about it. We meant so much to each other once. You killed all that. We could go away together. Anywhere. Not all over again. Promise I'll make you happy. Like we were before. You couldn't make any man happy. You still love me. Stop it, Nora. We're meant for each other. I'm meeting her again. Prove it. Keep away from me. You never could love anyone. Men are just something that you fit into that world you've built around yourself. But it's true. I do love you. It isn't going to work this side. Oh, can't you forget my past? No, no, because I know what you're after. You want to get away from here, and I look like a convenient return ticket home. How can you say that? You're afraid. Afraid of being out here with him. No. Roger will do anything I say. I overheard your little love scene when he left.  Oh, stop it. And now he's going to make you pay. I'm your last hope, but it isn't going to work. You know everything, don't you? I know you, Nora. You're bad medicine. Just a minute. Gladly. You hear, Chief Usman. My brother, the fever has him. What do you want from me? The new one. When does he return from Azaka? Now, two or three days. You send for him now. Maybe he'll say my brother. I've got my own troubles. You told me the new one will help us.  It takes time. Too much time. The fever is very bad. I'm sick and tired of hearing you complain. Get out. For so long, you do nothing. Bring no help. I said, get out. You tell company nothing.  I know. What did you say? You want mines to be bad. Company, go away. Leave the mines.  You want to take mines. I will tell the new one. I'll stop your blabbing. Don't, don't. You're joking. Take your guns and I'll never talk after I get to him. Through with you. Curves of leg bump on your head. Curse, of course.  You killed him. Chief Osman. He threatened me. You hurt him. The curse is evil. You should not have killed him. He deserved it. Always talking. All right, take him out of here. Make sure they won't find him. And if you say anything about this, I shall take him. Remember, Ahmed, not a word. 21. The natives die off so the company will abandon the mines. Then you will take over. Very clever, perhaps. All Ahmed won't dare talk and Osman can't. Now there is only Kent and his beautiful wife, Nora. Another day passes and still another. Now it is night. The rain has gone and the quietness has come. The sort of quiet that creeps into the bones and ferments in the mind. But now suddenly the silence is broken. Ahmed, the drums. They're beating the drums. It is evil each. They haven't done that for days. I don't understand. What's happening? The natives, something's wrong. It began so suddenly. Oh! They're shouting. Listen to them like wild savages. It's strange. I don't like it. Come on, Ahmed, let's see what's wrong. You can't leave me here alone. Don't be safe. I'm going with you. I won't stay here. Go in the sky. They've got a fire going. End of your flight.  To my people, magic is important. What good does it ever do you? It can save that we call white magic. White magic? It can also kill that this black magic. That's enough of that kind of talk, Ahmed. Dancing around the fire. Wait a minute. This is close. Yes, yes. It is better that they do not see you. It is not a man. But what is it? An effigy, a straw image of one who is evil. We call it a leg bath. A leg bath? Oh, that effigy.  He's walking toward the leg bath. Watchman, great chief, by death shall be avenged. Watchman, they found it.  Forget you, not you. That's right. Now get your things together. Hurry, there's no time. You've got to bother me. There's no time. You can't leave me here.  My chance, I'm going with you.  No use, Paul. You'll never get on that boat without me. Why not? Because I know why you're running away. That effigy, it was you. No, I can't.  Unless you take me, the police will be waiting for your chair. You tell them. You know I would. Ahmed, bring my leg bath. I have it here. And you're done. Good, I mean needed. Chance, if you're back, they've gone mad. I don't know what on your bags. What are you talking about?  Calm down, man. Listen to me. Stop each other. No, she's lying. Can't you see she's lying? We've been together for a long time. He's on his way to Jana. Catch him. He just killed my husband. The Whistler will return to give you the strange ending of tonight's tale. But first, I'd like to recall for you Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem, The One Horses. It lasted 100 years to a day. And then the whole thing fell apart. That's a lot different from the way cars wear out today. Only one vital part that can't be replaced has to wear out. And the whole car goes off the road. Uncle Sam says that will happen to one in every 12 cars this year. Well, so that no vital part on your car will wear out from lack of lubrication, signal dealers take special precaution when they lubricate your car. They use the famous signal safety chart, on which the maker of your particular car shows every lubrication point and the exact oil or grease it should have. Before your signal dealer returns your car to you, he checks every point on your car against the safety chart, not just once, but twice, so not a single part can be missed. That's your guarantee that every part on your car will have its full share of the lubricant that will help it last out the duration. Yet you pay no more for this finer, longer life lubrication. So if it's been 1,000 miles or two months since last lubrication, why not protect your car by driving it into your neighborhood, signal dealers, for a signal safety chart lubrication. Back to the whistler. Everything has worked out fine, hasn't it, Nora? Only a few minutes now, and you'll be saying goodbye to Africa forever. That's right. Sit down at your stateroom dressing table. Admire your beauty in the mirror. You did get away after all. Of course, poor Paul, but he's getting just what he deserves. You think you played your cards well? Of course, you couldn't know that Roger had found the answer to the strange form of malaria, that he was planning to take you away. You couldn't know that. So admire yourself in the mirror. Oh, what's the matter? No use breaking the glass, Nora. It's too late. You've seen it, that strange pallor to your skin. The fever is in your beautiful body, Nora. The fever, Roger said, was much worse than black water. But of course, Roger is dead, and he can hardly save you now. By signal gasoline and motor oil, and your neighborhood signal dealer, at your service to keep your car running for the duration. The whistler was produced and directed by George W. Allen. The story by Sal Steele and Martin Warke. Music composed and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. This program is being transmitted to our troops overseas by the Armed Forces Radio Service. Listen again next Monday night at 9 for The Whistler. Bill Penel speaking. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.


cold front in October. Ladies and gentlemen, break out the hoodies because it's getting chilly and it's the harvest season. I'm actually, I'm a little disappointed right now.  It's 50 degrees outside. It's our first cold front in October. Um, but I, I'm not. Uh, Lease is not happening this year. About the only thing that's most likely going to be harvested this weekend for me are those chickens over there. That's right. We have got way too many cocks in here right now and we're going to basically cut our flock in half this weekend. This is pretty much the state of affairs right now, boys. I, I, so I just got home from a goog and trip, did a little bit of bass fishing, did mostly trout fishing and then I realized, wow, it is like about to be opener. And I got, I got nowhere, I got nowhere to go. I feel like a homeless hunter right now. And this, this is my life. I'm just, I'm, I'm like a crackhead just tweaking out, messing with hunting stuff. Most likely public land hunter this year. So I will stay ready to go, but the harvest must go on. The freezer must be filled. That is one thing about these Chevy's, these newer Chevy's. I've noticed if something gets kind of wedged in the tailgate, I had some hay bells in here a few days ago and it like doesn't shut all the way.  Okay, program update. We are in the truck heading to the lake right now, Silver Bullet attached. Went to Bucky's cooler full of ice. Harvesting is going to happen. So what I did yesterday, to kind of feel the hunting itch, scratch it, I went out and I placed three trail cams out on the public land and I'm just looking for pigs. And I'm waiting for some pigs to show up but until they do, we're going to put some meat in the freezer with a hook and line. Wow, this lake is so low. I've never been able to use my poles. I've never been able to use them here since I've had this boat. It's always been too deep. God, there are a lot of boats out here today. Oh, I do see a bird and prey. Old blue. Old blue is out there on the point. There he goes. He was on a point. That is a good sign. Just pulled up on a spot loaded with little ones. First victim, we'll give him that snacky. Think they're ready for it. Good some that are chasing but they're not a full attack. Oh, look at this white bass school. I'm about to get yoinked by a white bass. Yep, yep. I'll take you in a pinch, but you're not on the menu today, sir. Oh, there he is. He wanted that snacky. Wanted that snack.  Oh my gosh, it's down there. I don't think I have to measure him. He's not going to make it. Just trying to swim this thing right above the brush to get an active feeder out of here. That's tiny.  All right, I'm going to give him a little slower brooch. Go with that EC. EC stands for electric chicken. In case you were curious, like that, had one. Good hit, similar size. Little fall buddies. We got you on the old snacky. Why you got to be a border liner, bro? Catch any? Yeah, absolutely. All right, good luck. Well, y'all, we did end up with some fish. They ain't the biggest in the world, and there ain't too many of them. I mean, the optimal would have been 12 inches, about five, but we got four that are 10 to 11 inches. And I haven't gotten any picks yet y'all. It's, it's so frustrating. So for tonight, these little crappies are going to be dinner, a small crappie. I mean, besides a walleye. That's about as pure, pure delectable meat as you're going to get out of fresh water. Flaky little nugs. Got our fish on ice. We're going to cook those up tonight. I think we're going to make some golden crisps, which I haven't done in a long time. So stay tuned for that. But first, we still haven't got a pick yet. Still haven't got a pick of a pick. I got a couple of deers, but no picks. It's just what I am hunting for down here on this public land. So something happened with one of my cameras, wasn't taking photos, which I was pretty excited about because it was an area that was just a lot of cons starting to fall. So I'm going to see what's going on with that camera or just replace it, put another one up there and just look and see if we got any new activity in the woods. Cause I want to try to, to hunt that this week. So let's head on out there and let's see if there's any pigs. They're starting to munch on the things falling out of the trees. Starting to get into some pecan trees or squirrels everywhere. That's a good sign. They're doing their nut collections. These big old pecans still got about a mile walk to, to where my camera is though. So part of the lot of calories. All right. So this is where I'm wanting to hunt. It's real close to a creek bed. We're looking at fresh sign right now. Pig snorting, snooting. And this one isn't even a hickory tree. For worms or something like that. There's some more right here. It's a good like soft sandy soil right here. So I just put a camera up. Kind of amongst a couple of hickory trees. And that's what they're trying to get at. Most of them are this color right here. Fresh. This came across some blood on the trail. Definitely blood right here. It's pretty interesting right there. I couldn't pick the blood up anywhere else. It was just kind of in that one spot. If I had more time, I would go. I looked a little more, but you know what? It's golden crispy time, y'all. We've burned some calories. It's time to replenish. Coming back to the woods and my darling's making golden crispies. Just started without me. I just couldn't wait. My tummy was grumbling. You had to have the golden. Well, what'd you do? Tell us what you did. Well, actually I thought you had them downstairs. I went around the entire house looking for them and realized that you did exactly what you were supposed to do and put them in the fridge. You saw me. I know. I did. My mind. My mind too. It's going crazy. My mind too right now. I'm a hobo hunter. Two kids going wild right now. We're getting a little crazy in here. We're got parent brain. We finally found them. So I did two different things. Dry batted? Dry batted. I didn't put any sauce or anything on top of it. So that's what these three of them are. And the second one, I did a little bit of this garlic sauce. I think I've done it before. Ooh, I don't recall that. Okay. I don't know if we've ever tried it, but it's time to put it in. Cornmeal flour combo. Homemade recipe. Love to see it. You tell me, is that ready? These three were in first. These are starting to get a little brown on there. Those were with the sauce. How long were we talking? These were probably in for five minutes. Five minutes? Okay. Give them a flip. Let me see a flip. They have all been flipped. They have all been flipped, okay.  Take them out. Who's ready to go shopping? You ready to go shopping? H-E-B. Wish we had an H-E-B right here. I see they're starting to break, so maybe. I feel like we haven't had a Golden Crispy in this house in quite a while. We did a lot of baits, blackenings, sauteing, a lot of that. Can you present that plate over here, please? When I filleted these, they just seemed extra tender. I don't know what it is. Maybe they're getting out of that summer tough mode. Those are flaky. Those are so good. I think I nailed it. You look good. I think I nailed it with the... I don't know which one I had. I don't know if I had the garlic. I think I had the garlic right here, because I kind of have a tint of it. Where is it, this one? Uh-huh. That's exciting. Oh, that one pops. That one's a little different. Oh, okay. Wow, the flake. Oh, man. You think the first one wasn't the garlic? There's only three of them that don't have the garlic. It's hard to tell. And I think it was actually these three that don't have the garlic. Or maybe... Whatever that seasoning combo is, it's light. It's like verily salty, which I love. And it's got this just nice, upbeat flakiness to it. I love it. That is a really good golden crispy. Man, I might have to fight you for these. Super light. Now you're breaking out the secrets. No, I didn't know if you wanted me to share the secret. We use that Cosmo SPG all the time. This is similar. The reason we started using this was a lot of the Traeger seasonings have sugar in them and they do not do well with fish. This one didn't. And it does okay. And it's a little more fine ground than the Cosmo SPG. No, there's not sugar. Oh, you're right. Okay. That's why I think it doesn't stick. Yeah, it does better. And then I also added a little bit more pepper. Golden crispies with OSG, yeah. Golden crispies rock the house. I feel better about life right now. Feel better about my hobo hunting situation. We're gonna feed these chickens probably their last meal. Their last, last meal before heading to the table, heading to the cutting board, all of these roosters. Enjoy it. Enjoy. Oh, look at them, they're just, oh yeah. I'm just using so much more feed now that I have to feed these roosters. Now that they're all big, look at this gnarly guy. Okay, we're doing one more thing in today's vlog. So I gotta go, I gotta dump the fishes. All right, I always like to put them back into the lake because catfish come and eat them and all that stuff. Gotta keep that cycle going. We gotta keep that aquatic meat processing plant in action. So got me a, got me a fish right here. I'm gonna take these, I'm gonna ride them on down to the lake. And I'm also gonna take my binoculars and I'm going to try to look for pigs, pigs that are down on the beach, like where I harvested one already. Multitasking opportunities. Piggies on the prowl. It's early too. Sun's not even close to going down. Target acquired. I've seen them down there. Some juicy ones. This is what I wanna use, really bad. I'm ready to christen this thing. Working on it all spring off the knuckle. Thank you for tuning in to today's harvest log, I guess we'll call it. Chickens, you're lucky. You got one more day. It was a little tosy today. I'm waiting for it to get just tad bit cooler. Y'all, I really do relish the harvest this time of year. Just being able to put food on the table. It just makes me feel good as a dad. And if you've never done it before, simply going out, getting a fish, putting it on the table, it's pretty satisfying. Something primordial about it. I've actually got something coming up for you guys. It's different. I've never uploaded a video like this. I had so much extra footage from Colorado. Just behind the scenes stuff and just amazing scenic shots. I decided to put it all together and make it a like ASMR behind the scenes vlog. I don't even know what you call it. It's my first video I'm ever gonna upload in 4K as well.  Stay tuned for that. And stay tuned for all the outdoor adventures coming your way here this fall. I will see you guys back in the outdoors very soon on the next one.


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So will it be a roll over or will someone take it this evening? We will find out a bit later and as you do so remember the three hashtags that you use for the post to count and they are hashtag one million followers, hashtag ten thousand comments, hashtag five thousand shares. Now let's not keep our guests waiting any longer. This evening we are looking at things we should consider before renovating our homes or rental properties. I am joined by Namkele Goumede Majola, the financial and business manager at Isandla Property Fund. Happy Women's Month in Namkele and welcome to the show. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. Happy Women's Month. Thank you so very much. Now before we start with our talk before the evening I was reading up on your company, Elia, and I was quite impressed about the work that you do on Women Empowerment. Do you mind to share with our viewers what you do at Isandla Property Fund? Sure. So Isandla Property Fund is an unlisted property company. We are majority black female and managed.   Wow, women power right there. I think that's the part that really just got me so excited and I think really ladies there are the opportunities. We are making a mark in property so that really got me so excited. Now let's get on to the topic of the evening. Renovating a property can be an exciting project for various reasons that people do it it could be for vanity some do it for you know for some it's for major projects for flipping or student accommodation like if you are like one of the top friend gang members and my friends say me and I hope he is taking notes this evening but it really can also be daunting. I mean personally that is not something that I'm even looking forward to it's I'm not even thinking about renovations it just sounds so intimidating. Maybe let's first look at some of the main renovation projects that property owners generally do. Sure well I think you've mentioned quite a few of them you could just wake up one day and think oh especially now in lockdown when we're spending more time in our homes you could be thinking oh I really want to have a different kind of kitchen or I really want to create this kind of space for myself so there's definitely from a home perspective and those kinds of renovations there's also from an investment property perspective perhaps you're thinking if I changed my investment property and made it more modern and made it more urban then I could get higher rentals for that and so that's something you could be considering or like you said it's a massive project like you buy a house on the cheap in a good neighborhood and you decide if I modernize this and put some money in I could sell it for a lot more and make a bit of a profit there so there's some big big projects that you could do there as well. It sounds like a whole project plan and I'm just thinking now before one things of breaking down the walls you know I think some of us can you know start thinking that tomorrow I'm getting the hammer you know start breaking the walls but where do we start? So yeah first of all please don't break down your walls anything structural could be an issue for you so I think in terms of just where you start you just need to decide who are you renovating for so are you renovating for yourself are you renovating for future tenants are you renovating for future buyers if you're renovating for yourself i.e. you've been a lockdown you're tired of your space you want to give it a bit of a lift that's fine but you do need to consider okay first of all what project do you want to do and secondly how much capital is that going to take and is that going to add value to your home because the last thing you want to do is to have a one and a half million round home for example and then you put in another 500 000 round but you can't get that out of the market when you sell it like no one's going to buy that back from you so you very carefully need to consider how much are you putting in to make sure that you don't over capitalise your home and not get a return back on that and then that's similarly when you're thinking of a rental property if you're thinking oh you know we just got a notification now that it we could be load shed between six and nine so you think to yourself if i put in some kind of inverter or some kind of battery into my rental home i could get more tenants something like that seems to me that you could command a higher rental in the tenant market because that's something that not a lot of rental properties have so you just need to consider what you're looking to do very carefully and make sure that you can make a return off of it unless of course this is your forever home and you aren't planning on selling in which case you can do whatever you want great so i think we we are now getting to the point about talking about what renovations add value to your property and what doesn't and like you were saying you must you must think whether you are doing it for you because if you want to spend a little bit more on something that might not do anything to the value of your property but you are happy to live with it because that is your home where you're planning to spend a lifetime that is something quite doable you've also mentioned a few things that you know you could do for your rental property is there are there any other things that one could do to to increase the value of their property i think it depends on a lot of things it depends where your rental property is kind of based i think initially people would think i should perhaps modernize the space i think that would always allow you to command a higher rental um but it is really dependent on where your property is based and and what your market in your property is looking looking for so for example if your market is a young professional they might not mind that this space is a bit smaller but looks a lot nicer whereas on the on the flip side if your market is a young family or perhaps an older family um perhaps they don't really mind that the space doesn't look as modern as long as there is more space so it just depends what you're looking out for and who your market is so you really need to know your market um i i like what you're saying about location because that is the one thing that we're always um learning here in this podcast that location is quite key because you also don't want to go and spend a lot of money in a in a location that will necessarily not attract the you know the kind of uh a client that you are actually looking for absolutely and and you also just need to check that you can actually get a higher rental in that market so you definitely need to do your market research because even if you put in an extra 50 thousand or 100 thousand in your property but your rentals already at the kind of cap in that location it'll be very hard for you to get that money back from a tenant and i think that's very very important that whole concept of over capitalizing again i think it comes in a play now non-clear this is quite interesting but we now need to pause for a moment please if you would allow us our viewers are dying to know who is working away with the cash prize from our competition as i have mentioned that we are getting to the one million followers on the private property uh uh podcast as well as the the facebook page so now uh the random picker will select the winner and it should be on our screens right now so who is taking that 3000 rents this evening i cannot wait to see that and the winner of the 2000 cash prize from our competition it's zin clay zamin congratulations zin clay you are our third winner of this competition well done uh do show yourself on the comment section so that the team can confirm your win enjoy the prize enjoy it enjoy it now getting back to our conversation uh non-claim so as land ladies and i think we've spoken a little bit about this um uh elia um so as land ladies and landlords what are the home improvements that we should be doing in our rental properties so i think um elia on when we're when we're chatting um offstage we i was saying that last night i was watching estee who or who is the host of our first time home buyers show and her guest you know she was talking about how she is renovating some of her properties that are based in a township because she has realized that people want to remain in the township but they want what is happening in the urban areas you know the nicer townhouses and all of it so she started investing towards them so she has found that market for herself and she's just running with it so can can you talk to us a little bit more about it as well as what can we do as you know property owners um to our our rental uh our units yeah so i think similarly as i mentioned before um it really does depend on what are you looking to do so the lady in your podcast from yesterday she's really found a great market for herself because if you speak to people you do find that people love the township community they love the vibe they don't actually mind the drive say they work in i mean the cbd sat and cbd or whatever they don't mind the drive going out there because their families are there they love the vibe there and so they're happy to stay there but the places for them to stay they prefer that they look similar to how they would and let's say the northern suburbs and so she's picked a really great niche for herself in that sense um again i think it's very similar in the sense that if you have a modern apartment you're likely to get um more interest especially if your market is younger so if you if you have a small apartment i miss you like a lot of us start out with small apartments because they're also cheaper um on the cost scale and often our our tenants that we're looking up for our market is young professionals or young families and young people so millennials um they love kind of modern urban spaces and so if you renovate your spaces to look more modern um you know a kitchen does like a lot to a space similarly a bathroom those are the first two things that i look at when i look at a property and so i think of those two spaces of yours are um modern and look really good then you are proper positioning yourself in that market that you're in but you do just need to consider who am i renovating for is it for the tenants and then you also just need to consider all the things that come with that so the budget the timeline the project management all those gray hair inducing things speaking of gray hairs i think we must talk about this um i mean renovation is it's a project on its own and there are those people who think they're quite brave i know like semi one of the one of the of our followers that i was talking about because it does quite a lot of renovations and i know he does some of them himself i think he's brave so and for me like once again it's something that i wouldn't attempt to do so do you want to talk to me about um the pros and cons of getting a project manager versus doing it yourself it depends on the project firstly so if for example you are just renovating your kitchen that's certainly something that you could take on yourself um you do have to understand that it is a project and you will probably get more gray hairs when the project is over than you started with um but if it's a smaller project and you know that that's a skill of yours like you can manage people and you're very good with timelines and deadlines and budgets things like that then that's certainly something that you can take on yourself if you know that that is not your strength then maybe outsource it i'm not saying to a project manager but you can maybe outsource it to a family member who has that strength because i think a project manager adds a lot of value when it's a kind of larger project but if i'm not sure the value that you'll get for what you're paying if it's just a smaller project like like your kitchen so i'd say if it's a kitchen if it's a bathroom and you know that you're not good at that kind of stuff then try and outsource it to a friend or a family member who is really good at that kind of stuff if it's a bigger project i would definitely say um get a project manager because managing a renovation or a flipping a home is like a full-time job so if you have a full-time job things are definitely going to fall through the cracks so um if you're managing a bigger project i would definitely say outsource it it is going to cost you more than you would have spent if you did it yourself but in actual fact sometimes what people find is that if they weigh up the time lags that they experience by doing it themselves and the increase in costs by doing it themselves sometimes it almost balances out and they should have just gotten the project manager in the first place yeah sometimes so speaking about the budgets and uh you know some of the people that we talk about we talk to uh around renovations they tell you that you know they would have started with a certain amount you know uh in mind they would have learned to spend 100,000 rents and a month later or two months later everything has just escalated how do you how do you keep your budget you know in control how do you manage your budget yeah so the budgeting piece is really important and and you have to be really detailed about what you're looking to do so you you almost have to know to the number of tiles how many am i going to need you need to know what tile it is so you know how much it's going to cost you you need to be really detailed about your budget so that you know whether what you want can work within your budget or not and even after you've been really detailed you still need to add a little bit of a buffer in there in case things go wrong in case time lags happen and you have to pay people more because they're staying for longer um so you i definitely say you need a 10 to 20 buffer on your already very detailed budget just in case things go wrong because the worst thing is if you're 80 through your project and now you've run out of money and now you have an 80 done kitchen that's the worst so um definitely have a contingency in your budget of 10 to 20 percent to be safe so planning is very important you must know what you want out of it you must know how much you want to spend on it and just build in that 10 20 percent contingency now not everyone of us you know are into rental owning rental properties some are just you know home owners you know they just have their residential property what would you say that's you know for as a smaller project but as some of those not so major renovations that one can do but they make a whole lot of difference to your property so i think definitely keeping a kind of garden area that's i won't say landscape because that sounds very serious but just a pretty looking outside area for the family to sit or for you to sit but you know from a home owner perspective that kind of stuff is very personal to you um to your family to what you guys do in your home and to how you want to use your home some families are big entertainers and so they love to have entertainment areas bright areas a bar etc some families really aren't like that they'd rather spend more money on an office or a study with large bookcase and lots of books so for a home perspective it is really difficult to say what parts you should renovate and what parts you shouldn't especially because you don't know who your buyer is going to be so you could be the entertainment household and your buyer is the office slash study household and so they will make the home into their own anyway so that kind of stuff is really really personal um but you should definitely go for it making sure that you do not over capitalise that is the key point of this podcast today no it didn't say i think we hear it all the time do not over capitalise here and i'm sure even on the comment section uh unfortunately this evening i'm not able to see that that i'm sure either that that's that's one of the things that are that are coming through so now as we begin to to actually wrap up um our discussion um renovations don't come cheap right you could be spending anything between a few thousand brains to 100 thousand brains as you've said as we've said earlier it also depends on the kind of project that you are you you are busy with so in terms of financing how do we prepare for for for a project like this and are there any financing options that are available out there for home renovations sure so i mean getting a home renovation project through a bank is really difficult i'm not saying they don't do it um but it is quite difficult for them to back that a lot of it depends on what the value of your home they have on their side so what is the value of your home on their side and so if you include this will it add value to your home or not in their books um so i mean you can certainly test the idea with all the banks not just your bank you can go to all of them but i do think that someone with a renovation plan in mind should definitely be looking at it as a short to medium term savings goal because banks aren't really on the side of offering that up as an option as a dead option and if they do i really don't think it would be at a hundred percent so either way you would need to put some of your equity and some of your money in there so if this is a project that you're thinking about um it's certainly a short to medium term goal dependent on how big the project is well that's a bit of a bummer but yeah i think uh i think what's what's quite important is that you need to save for it and you need to plan properly so if you are thinking about getting into a project a renovations project um now is the time to save up for it non-play it's been absolutely awesome thank you so much for sharing your insights we truly truly appreciate it and i enjoyed the conversation thank you so much for joining us that's such a pleasure thanks for having me thank you and then also non-play uh commit the margola of is on the property fund you can get in touch with them on the details uh that we provided on the podcast information i believe we do not have a winner for this evening so it looks like we are rolling over the price so tomorrow 2500 grand will be up for grabs so continue to comment post on our facebook pages share the page um give us a review tag everybody so guys it's really been awesome as always thank you for tuning in i really enjoyed my time with you this evening zama will be back tomorrow evening so same time on all of our platforms so let's head over to the farming podcast with mbali she will be on at 8 p.m until next time stay home and be safe michael sega good night