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00:01Wow look at this. It is so pretty. Aaron and I met in the fourth grade. We went to college
00:08together and then we got married three or four months after we graduated. We currently have four
00:13kiddos so we just go all in on everything. Yep there's your boat the Spanish girls. All right.
00:19First place to be. Thank you. Yes we're excited. Every time we travel we would talk about buying
00:26a house there. It was kind of our pipe dream and then we came to Spanish Wells and immediately
00:32fell in love. Yeah it's very private, very secluded, very romantic. Makes me feel like when we were
00:38first dating but buying a house in the Bahamas is a giant financial risk. But we both are big
00:44thrill seekers. We don't really hold each other back. If one of us has a crazy idea the other
00:50normally encourages it and then we end up doing crazy things like buying a house in the Bahamas.
01:16Welcome to Spanish Wells guys. Some islands like this you can't just fly to, you have to ferry in.
01:22Yeah I got the whip ready for you guys. All right. Even though the Bahamas is made up of over
01:26700
01:27islands in Keys, 20 of them are inhabited and at each island it has its own vibe and own flavor.
01:34And even Spanish Wells is tiny, two miles long and a half mile wide. This island has so much to
01:40offer.
01:41Yeah these houses are really really cool. This is what you would consider like a Bahamian cottage,
01:47very historic. Yeah I feel like we're in like Cape Cod or somewhere like that.
01:51It's so funny that you said that I actually called Spanish Wells the Nantucket of the island.
01:56Yeah that makes sense. Spanish Wells is so magical. It's one of those islands you have to chase to get
02:01there. That's why the beaches are so quiet and so secluded. The water is so clear. It just goes from
02:07light blue to dark blue. You haven't even seen it yet. I'm going to show you something so amazing
02:12it's going to blow your socks off. Did you wear socks by the way? No socks? No socks.
02:16All right but you don't need socks yet. You already did your job. We've invested in real estate for the
02:21last 15 years and so now we're leveraging some of the real estate we already own so that we can
02:26have
02:26the cash to buy the house here. It's a giant financial risk but when Heather and I first got
02:31married it was just us. We got to spend all of our time together and now the busyness of owning
02:35our own
02:36businesses has kind of separated us. So I'm just excited to come to a place like Spanish Wells where
02:41I get to just spend more time with Heather and remember how amazing and incredible that she is.
02:47We're on the sandbar of Spanish Wells. What do you think? This is stunning. There's no one out here.
02:54You can just see forever. Yeah you could maybe even skinny dip if you want to. It's up to you
03:00right?
03:01This is the north part of Vilutra and then behind it would be the Devil's Backbone. During the 1600s
03:07a lot of boats crashed off of the Devil's Backbone. That's actually how this place got settled.
03:12This is so cool. I have to be on the beach please. You can't put a price on this. Yeah
03:19Aaron you can't
03:19put a price on this. You could put a price on it. So what's your ideal property looking like for
03:26you
03:26guys? Three bedrooms, two bathrooms. Something that's pretty open inside so that we have a lot of
03:33space to spread out and unwind. Yeah. I really want a big yard if possible. And are you guys okay
03:40with a fixer-upper maybe? If it's on the beach as well? I am yeah. I'm not afraid of a
03:45little
03:46a little hard work. No fixer-upper. Nope. It's got to be moving ready. I don't want to tackle a
03:52project
03:52in the Bahamas. That seems difficult and expensive. I have faith in your abilities. Is the budget still the same?
03:59Yeah. We cannot go above 900. All right. Okay. So even if I came out on the beach there's a
04:04lot of sand
04:04dollars out here. Maybe I pick up a few. Could that go towards the transaction? We wiggle up a little
04:09bit. I mean come on. So we could do 900,000 in one sand dollar. Okay. But I want to
04:14manage those
04:15expectations as well for both of you because not a lot of inventory is here on Spanish Wells. Inventory is
04:21very low. It's a lot of generational properties passed down from family to family. So I may have to go
04:28off-market on hunting for properties for them.
04:41So I can't wait to show you this place. This delivers the full package. It's a three-bedroom,
04:48two-bath and you got the beach right at your back door. Wow. What are we talking about price-wise?
04:55$950,000. Yeah, I don't know about that. Heather and I both own our own businesses. I own a travel
05:01agency,
05:02so travel is my life. You can already see the water. Exactly. And I own an insurance agency and so
05:09risk is
05:09my life and so I'm constantly thinking about the risks of everything. So this isn't here on your left.
05:16This is what I was talking about.
05:26I mean this is a paradise. Yeah. With the palm trees and the ocean and the sand right there,
05:31check out the inside and I'll be out here waiting for you. All right.
05:35Oh, look at this deck. I don't even need to see inside. I'm just being out here all the time.
05:40This is amazing. That is awesome. Oh wow.
05:46If I could pick the perfect backyard, this is 100%. The water looks like cotton candy.
05:52Yeah. I think we could spend a lot of time right here. Yeah. This is unbelievable. Yeah. You want to
06:00buy
06:00this, don't you? A hundred percent. I don't even need to see inside. This is what I wanted this whole
06:05time. Yeah. If we're coming all the way here, we might as well get what we really want. Let's go
06:10see
06:11the inside and see if it is like what we want before we make our decision. All right. Heather had
06:17a crush
06:17on me for a long time and when I finally did become interested, uh, she kind of changed her mind.
06:23He had
06:23his chance. First time I tried to kiss her, she rejected me and then tried to text her best friend,
06:29except she accidentally texted me and said, Erin tried to kiss me. And I said, yeah, I know. I was
06:35there.
06:36Sorry.
06:39Oh wow. Wow.
06:41Nice. This is big. It's really big. It is dark. Like depressingly dark. Look out there. You can have
06:50the perfect view of the beach from inside. And the ceilings are so high. It makes the space feel so
06:55big
06:55because the ceilings are high. For sure. You can maybe put like skylights in. That's going to be
07:00expensive. I don't plan on spending much time in here, so let's go look around. Okay.
07:07This is nice. Oh, nice. There's definitely plenty of space. And this bed is nice. Yeah, for sure.
07:12And this has more windows, so it's a lot brighter in here. I actually like this bedroom. I really do.
07:16I do think probably we'd want to replace these shades here. You're going to have to like this
07:22furniture or we're not going to be able to make it work. I love this furniture. Okay.
07:27Oh wow. It's a huge bathroom. Yeah. The double vanity. I love that. Yeah. I don't want to share
07:32sink with you. We need two sinks. Fair. And this is a jacuzzi tub. Yeah. This bedroom is a lot
07:39brighter
07:39than this living room. But then again, we walk in here and it's like night. It's just a little romance
07:44lighting. I mean, it can be romantic if you're good with it. This is a great sized room. Yeah. I
07:53probably would have to change the wall color in here, but that is cheap. No, we're not changing.
07:58Nothing is cheap. You don't know how much anything is here. Oh no, I do like this. I wouldn't change
08:04anything in here. Okay, good. I'm glad to hear that.
08:09Amazing property, huh? Yeah. Yeah. Good work. I loved it. I mean, this view just does it for me,
08:17but I don't want to stress him out. The price. I think it's just too much. But I mean, real
08:22estate
08:23sometimes isn't all about the money, right? It's about that emotional connection. Heather.
08:28I love it. Aaron. Sell a few stocks. I know you got that. I'm worried that Kyle is just going
08:34to show
08:34his houses outside of our price point. And that's going to be a waste of time for him and for
08:38us.
08:48Do you remember on our honeymoon taking the kayaks through the mangroves? I didn't think we were going
08:53to make it. When we come here and we can just disconnect and reconnect, I feel like it just
08:59reminds me of why I fell in love. Uncle Rob, you're going to show us all the secret places, right?
09:04Oh,
09:05yes. I got a lot of good spots to show you guys. Getting to see this side of him that's
09:09not stressed
09:10or working all the time is really nice. It's going to feel like we're on vacation all the time.
09:16I mean, this is the coolest thing I've ever seen. These are green turtles. They're all over the
09:21Bahamas. And they're just always here? Well, they live in the bay. So when they hear the sound of
09:25the boat engines, they say, oh, it's dinner time. So have you always lived in Spanish Wells? Yep. I
09:32family came from England and they got in a bad storm and shipwrecked out in the famous Devil's Backbone
09:37in 1648. That's incredible. I can see why you guys would have stayed here for generations. Yeah. It
09:43is beautiful.
09:52I'm trying to deliver for Aaron and Heather, but they have to understand that the choices are slim and the
09:59mind is high. So this house is a two bedroom, two bath, and it's right on the beach. What about
10:05the
10:05yard? The yard is huge. It leads right onto the beach. I love that. Tell me the price again. $850
10:11,000.
10:13Okay. I'm impressed you found one in our price range. It's move-in ready, but you could possibly do some
10:19upgrades. So here we are, guys. Not so sure about this right now. Yeah, you can't see a house. Yeah.
10:25No front
10:25door because the action is at the back. I love this yard. This is exactly what I was looking for.
10:38Yeah.
10:39You can see the water right here. Yeah. It's amazing. So is this a public beach? So the beach actually
10:48is
10:48public, but there's never anybody on it. Yeah. Legend has it. It's called lover's key. I think it's
10:55perfect. Good work, Kyle. I think you're pleasing Heather. This is unbelievable. It is so rare to find
11:01a basically private beach these days and to know that we could have a piece of that is mind-blowing.
11:09Check out the interior space and I'll be out here waiting for you.
11:15Wow. This is tiny. It's cute. This is really, really small. I mean, like the kitchen and the
11:24living room and the dining room are all one. We could change it though. This kitchen probably needs
11:31a little bit of updating, probably replace the countertops. I don't even know how you do that
11:38in the Bahamas. We can both be stubborn. Neither one of us likes to admit if we're wrong. I'm rarely,
11:45if ever wrong. Um, but if I am, I don't really like to admit that I am. Yeah, I would
11:50say for
11:50sure. That's probably our biggest, our biggest struggle. This reminds me of our first house
11:56and you redid that one. But we're also 21 years old and had a lot more time and we knew
12:01the area.
12:02We don't know like people to work here or I don't know. I think you could do it. It definitely
12:07has
12:07potential. What's in here? This is a nice bathroom. I would want to change some of these colors though.
12:15I don't know how I feel about the brown. This is definitely 50 shades of brown. Brown toilet,
12:20brown bathtub. That's interesting. Let's see what the rest of the house is like.
12:25Okay. Oh, wow. So big. Yeah, this is great. The furniture is nice too. Yeah, test it out.
12:34Scoot over. Make room for me. Yeah, this is nice. I think this would work for us.
12:40Now this is a nice bathroom. This one has been updated. I like that. And then this bedroom is big
12:46too. Yeah, this is great. Plenty of space. Yeah, full beds, green beds. Four kiddos, so plenty of room.
12:54Kyle, great job. Cute house, right? I really like it. You can't beat this view. Yeah, for sure.
13:01Bedrooms were big. This outdoor space is unbelievable. I could put a grill there.
13:05I think I'd spend all my time out here. Yeah, this is going to be my future office.
13:09I mean, that's a good place to work. Yeah, I don't blame you. I am concerned a little bit about
13:15like some of the updates. Small changes turn into big changes, which turns into big money.
13:19You don't have to rush the process of doing any upgrades or any renovations right away.
13:24Take your time. I think I could be happy with a brown toilet if I had this view.
13:29I don't know. I don't know about that. So I am really torn on this house because I do love
13:35the
13:35yard. I love the view. But with the updates, I just don't know if we're gonna be able to make
13:38it
13:38work. Could we maybe see something a little bit more move-in ready? This property's under the budget,
13:44right onto the beach. I don't know how we're going to deliver on these properties,
13:48but I have to manage expectations. The choices are slim and the demand is high.
14:02I'm starting to get my bearings on this place. Yeah, you're a pro.
14:07I think I could live here full time.
14:14This is like a postcard. Let's go make our own postcard. We've been all over the world,
14:18and the atmosphere here is so different than any place that we've ever been. I love you.
14:23Love you too. To be able to find a place like this that is not commercialized, to not have hotels
14:30right
14:31on the beach or lots of people, we just fell in love. You don't even need a car here. Everybody
14:38just drives golf carts around. The charm of the island really is incredible. Would y'all guys like
14:44to try a conch salad? Absolutely. We have tomatoes, onions, orange, lime, and the conch is very healthy.
14:52You're all familiar with the conch pistol? Uh, no. They say it makes you better under the sheet. Sign me
14:57up.
14:59So I guess time will tell. We'll see.
15:10I truly want to give Heather and Aaron everything they're asking for, but I really don't think that
15:15exists. Keep telling them it's not a lot of options they could find. They have to compromise with each
15:20other. They may find themselves not even purchasing anything in Spanish Wells. So this property is a bit
15:25more practical. I think Aaron may fall in love with this one for sure. Yeah. What's the price?
15:31$750,000. I'm in love. So for $750,000, what are we not getting? The yard isn't as big as
15:37the other
15:37properties, and you're not getting toes in the sand for sure. Does it have a view? No view. That's what
15:43you sacrifice at this price point. But it's a three-bedroom, two-bath, beautiful pastel colors. Yeah,
15:51this is definitely what I think about when I think of Bahamas. It's really cute. And then the property,
15:58manageable, pretty practical. I can't hear or see the ocean. With the money we're saving, we can just
16:03hang a nice picture of the beach inside the house. That's a terrible comeback. Listen, we are just a
16:10short walk from the beach. Less than a minute here. Take a look inside. I'll wait out here for you
16:16guys.
16:17Oh, wow. This is really updating. This is really nice. Yeah. It's really big. I love these floors.
16:23These are great. Yeah. And the ceilings are really cute. Yeah. Great character. And this furniture is awesome.
16:31Oh, this is a good-sized bedroom. Yeah, this really is. There's no door on the closet, which is
16:36a little strange. That's weird. There's a small closet as well. This could be your office. I could work here.
16:44Yeah.
16:44But that view. I would much rather look at a beach than a white wall. I mean, that's a beautiful
16:49white
16:50wall. There's nothing wrong with that. Yeah, right. I do agree. The view is very much lacking.
16:56I'm struggling with trying to make Heather happy and still be responsible for our family. That's a tough
17:01balancing act. There is a lot at stake making any purchase, but especially a purchase like this.
17:15Oh, this is really cute. Wow. Yeah. There's room for the whole crew in here. Yeah.
17:24Oh, this is a good-sized bathroom. Oh yeah. This is great.
17:28This must be the primary bedroom. Yeah. This furniture is nice. Yeah. And this is like brand new.
17:34Like it smells new. This is awesome. But another bad closet situation. This house has closet issues. Yeah.
17:41There's not much storage space here. And it doesn't have the beach view.
17:45Yeah. That view's okay. We don't need a beach view in the bedroom anyway.
17:57Kyle is right there. All right. Come on. Let's go. This dining room is like so bright. This is great.
18:05I love that it's so open. Yeah. It opens up straight into the living room and the kitchen.
18:10I mean, we would not have to do a thing to this. That is true. It is move-in ready
18:13like you want.
18:14Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Oh, nice. This is a great patio. I'm not sure exactly how private it would be.
18:23It certainly doesn't have the beach view. But a fire pit? Look at this. Don't you think we'd spend time
18:29out here? I think you're just trying to distract me from the fact that there's no beach. Maybe a little
18:34bit.
18:34But you know I love fire pits. Who needs a fire pit in the Bahamas?
18:39Do you think we can make this house work? I'm just really torn because I wanted to be
18:43on the beach. I know. But is this house close enough? Like, we can literally walk there.
18:49It's really hard because I don't want to stress Erin out with the budget. But I do have my heart
18:56set
18:56on something. And so, um, I'm torn.
19:06Two, three.
19:12Here we go.
19:13It'll come back. It'll come back. Yeah, it is beautiful.
19:17I know. This could be like our everyday life. Just, uh, hop outside, go feed the stingrays.
19:23Who needs a dog? Yeah, seriously. He's so cute.
19:30This is beautiful, isn't it? Yeah. It's amazing. I'm so excited to move here.
19:35We just have to decide on which house. Yeah, we do. I think each three of those houses has
19:41something a little bit different. But it also, with every one of those houses,
19:46we sacrifice something a little bit different.
19:47I think we also have to go back and remember, like, the main reason why we're doing this.
19:53So, like, it's not the house specifically, right? It's that we want to be on this island,
19:59on Spanish Wells. And we want to experience this all the time. And also, like, we're getting back to
20:05where we spend a ton of time together. So, I don't think we can go wrong with whatever house we
20:12choose.
20:14Ah!
20:20Inventory is so limited on this island. It's a small island. There's not a lot of houses.
20:24A lot of the houses that we saw were out of our price range or needed a ton of work.
20:29And so,
20:29I feel very blessed and fortunate that we found this house and it ended up being perfect for us.
20:36I really wanted to be on the beach, but this island is so small. You're not far from a beach,
20:41no matter where you are.
20:45So, buying a house in the Bahamas has brought, uh, our whole family closer together.
20:49Spending time outside at the beach, um, it's just been really great for our kids.
20:54We got Oreo or coconut. Where are you going to choose?
20:57Oreo and coconut. That's a tough choice. Yeah, after you've been together for 20 years,
21:02this was just the thing that we needed to re-spark and recharge.
21:08Mmm, that is good. It really has reconnected us, sparked our love life. Look at that.
21:15All right, you were right. A fire pit is still neat, even in the Bahamas.
21:19I told you. Life is just so much more fun and romantic.
21:22You had conch today, huh? I did have conch today.
21:26It's like we're dating again. It's, it's amazing.
21:27He gets vacation, Heather, all the time.