Preteen girl looking at a cell phone with her parents

Personalized picks at your fingertips

Get the mobile app on iOS and Android

Get the app
Parents' Guide to

Property Wars

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Reality show about home auction buying with iffy tactics.

TV Discovery Channel Reality TV 2012
Property Wars Poster Image

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

Community Reviews

See all

There aren't any parent reviews yet. Be the first to review this title.

What's the Story?

PROPERTY WARS is a reality series featuring real estate investors descending on the lucrative Arizona housing market to buy homes on the cheap in hopes of flipping and selling them for a profit. Property buyers like New York City natives Scott Menaged and Lou Amoroso, Los Angeles natives Ed Rosenberg and Steve Simons, rehab fixer John Ray, and veteran Arizona real estate buyer Doug Hopkins survey listings of homes up for auction in and around Phoenix for potential good deals. After inspecting the exterior of the home, they must determine the value of the property and decide what they are willing to bid on it. Once the auction starts, the buyers try their best to outbid each other without paying too much. When the winners get the keys, they finally get to walk into the home and see how much it will really cost to fix or improve them. Some properties turn out to be worth the price paid, but others result in some financial nightmares.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: Not yet rated
Kids say: Not yet rated

Property Wars offers a chance for viewers to see the various tactics real estate buyers employ and the financial risks they take when attempting to break into the property market through housing auctions. It also shows some of the sneaky ways that buyers attempt to keep others from buying homes in specific areas or making a profit, including purposely driving up bids without any desire to purchase the homes.

The series is not really geared towards kids, but folks who are interested in real estate-related television will definitely learn a few things here. Occasional tips offered by auction buyers in-between show segments are helpful too. But if real estate isn't your thing, you probably won't be buying into this series any time soon.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the reasons why home and real-estate themed reality shows are so popular. Can people really learn how to buy, sell, or renovate properties by watching these shows? Or do these shows make it look easier than it actually is?

TV Details

Did we miss something on diversity?

Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update.

Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

See how we rate