When you’re a first-time homebuyer, what should be an exciting process can easily turn overwhelming.
Enter,Property Virgins.
This HGTV series captures the roller coaster of emotions that comes with that first foray into home ownership.
As for whether the show is entirely unscripted, well, there’s a story there too.
However, the show very nearly took a much different turn.
Happily, Rinomato made a full recovery but she still almost missed theProperty Virginsopportunity.
After initially getting the call from producers, she didn’t get the job when she interviewed.
HGTV hired Montreal-based Tatiana London but, when that didn’t pan out, asked Rinomato to come back.
In fact, she toldREMonlineshe “said no a million times but it happened anyway.”
Fortunately for fans, producers eventually wore her down.
This will be fun.
We’ll do two or three episodes and I’ll have a disc to show my grandchildren.
Look what Nana did!'"
No one was more surprised than I was at its success."
At the time, Rinomato gushed that the female-empowering premise of the show really resonated with her.
But hey, that’s where Rinomato comes in!
Well, sort of.
In 2015,Keep Calm…
According to Sherrod, her personality between the book and onscreen is consistent.
“I give tough love, because I care.
“I told stories and anecdotes that involved my personal journey.
it’s possible for you to’t Google that.”
To her surprise, she landed the job.
Terrified that HGTV would terminate her contract if they found out, she hid her burgeoning bump.
“You want to fulfill your dreams, but you want it all.
And I wanted my baby, and I wanted my happiness, but I wanted my dream too.”
To Sherrod’s great relief, HGTV didn’t fire her.
After all, both of the hosts Sandra Rinomato and Sherrod have been strong, smart, outspoken females.
Her idol is hiring, and she applies.
Before she knows it, she’s the protege of her celebrity role model.
Sounds like something straight out of Hollywood, right?
Only, in this case, it’sAlexandra Cote’s life.
So, understandably, she couldn’t help but pinch herself over her good fortune.
“It was crazy,” Cote toldToronto Storeys.
“The ad was only up for one hour because they got so many responses.
It kind of felt like destiny.”
Like, really, Dan the goldfish farmer, how can you afford a half-a-million-dollar home?
Sometimes, they aren’t the potential homeowners' picks at all.
When they can’t get permission, says Rinomato, they still have to film.
You have to see what you don’t like before you realize what you really love.”
All property virgins make this mistake
Does it have stainless steel?
Are the countertops granite?
And as it turns out, that’s where these first-time homebuyers go wrong.
“Paint can change; flooring can be changed.
Everything outside of location and structure of the house can essentially be changed,” she said.
“And a lot of times when you’re getting into your first property, just get in!
Get in and, you know, then change things.”
