As I mentioned last week, I confess to watching a certain amount of television in my ofttimes.  While I tend to avoid reality programing, I do admit that every now and then I flip on HGTV.  A few of the shows I’ve seen in the past are, House Hunters, Love It Or List It, and The Property Brothers.   Yet even though I realize that these shows are meant as entertainment, I still find my husband Thom and I asking ourselves: “What are those buyers thinking?”  Or even worse, “Who can afford that kind of house—and why would they want to?”  If you have ever watched one of these shows and reacted like us, you might also wonder if the messages being portrayed are actual “reality” and whether the shows should come with a disclaimer attached.   With that in mind, I came up with five SMART disclaimers that I think every program on HGTV should include. [Read more…]