An investor found a property “to be a burnt-down shell with no work done on it.”: Back when mortgage rates and home prices were more reasonable and manageable, homeowners invested in fixer-upper properties and made them their own. Now these types of projects aren’t as popular. But in the early-to-mid-2010s, HGTV shows including Fixer Upper, Love It or List It, and Flip It to Win It were all the rage as viewers binge-watched dilapidated homes transform into dream properties. But as it turns out, one former HGTV star’s house-flipping show was masking major real estate fraud.