well that is the reason they have the extended version of the show with even more boardroom stuff... I think viewers said they enjoyed the boardroom stuff which is why they are pushing it so hard

Glad Raj is gone. Still pulling for Kevin.

I thought Trump's comments on Contractors was right on, but I wonder if he'll get any mail...

I like Raj, but he deserved to go. He had a hand in losing the last two challenges. This time, his biggest failing was not picking the contractor , or even the 4 vs 3 room decision, but allowing that bad contractor to have him by the balls and just sheepishly retreating from the confrontation.

On the other team, Andy should get props for helping out his team once again. Getting those additional contractors was a great move on his part, that went largely unheralded.

Poor Raj, oh well at least he's still got his sense of humor.

Too bad he's the only one laughing.

Trump and Raj were both on The View today. Trump seemed genuinely fond of Raj and spoke highly of him; just said he made a mistake.

I remember that when Caroline was on the View, Troy was there as well. I guess they try to book the more popular firees.

About those contractors... what was up with that?

If I was a contactor, and was going on a network show in that capacity, I'd go out of my way to get the job done.

Would any of you hire those guys after watching last night's show?

Maybe they hooked them up with contractors who would purposely sand bag.

Think about it. Sandy's guy sucked. Then Andy got those Italian guys and they rocked.

Sandy sucked. She sucked more than Raj. Andy saved her ass big time.

Sad to see Raj go, he was definitely a character.

Him hitting on Robin was classic. The guy has no fear of rejection.

Next week's task was tailor-made for Sandy....Briday Shower Owner.

Two weeks in a row Andy has saved their asses. Raj could have easily survived this firing. All he had to do was pin it on Kevin and say Kevin was responsible for recommending the contrator, who didn't deliver. That is the reason we lost this task. If Raj would have hung his hat on that instead of trying to get rid of Ivanna, he would still be in this and Kevin would be gone. Trump doesn't like when you bring someone into the boardroom who didn't screw up on that particular task. Raj could have also brought Chris back in and I believe Trump would have fired Chris. I am a little surprised Trump didn't fire Chris on the spot after what he said.

Did anyone else's jaw drop when they heard the values of those houses? $300+ for those little run-down things. Those houses would be in the low $100's around here. I know I'm not moving to New York anytime soon!

I agree.

You mention those run-down houses would go for the low 100K's?

What state do you live in? Because in the San Fran area, a house like that would easily be about 400K-600K, depending on the neighborhood.

His biggest failure was turning a 4 bedroom into a 3 bedroom. I'm not a real estate expert, but it seems like you'd get more value for more rooms.

His second biggest failure was not trying to remedy an obvious mistake in hiring the contractor he did.

1) Kelly is the best player there and has proven to be a good leader.

2) It's not just about ratings. This show is basically watching a long interview process (but making a game out of it). Donald is hiring someone to RUN ONE OF HIS COMPANIES. Its not just how they do in the project. It's their personality, their ability to cope with problems, their ability to deal with other people, etc. If Donald doesn't like them, of course he's going to fire them -- no matter how well they did on 1 specific project.

What if Trump decides to do an Apprentice All Stars show and brings back Raj


Raj looks like he might become a future politician.

http://www.advancerepublic.org/default.aspx

Raj P. Bhakta founded C.A.R. in 2004 after participating in NBC’s hit show The Apprentice with Donald Trump.

C.A.R. must rely on concerned and like-minded Americans for support, both financial and otherwise, in its noble mission. C.A.R. has established its national office just outside of Philadelphia in historic Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

remeber that this show takes place in the NYC region. That said, the house had to have been in Jersey, one of the 5 NYC Boroughs, Long Island, CT or somewhere else nearby. All of these places have pretty high real estate values due to their proximity to NYC.

For example, my parents' house in Jersey in the past 3 or so years has doubled in value from 400K to about 800K. Real estate has been insane due to the low interest rates.

Oops, I just turned my 4 bedrom into a 3 bedroom. But I did it to add a bathroom upstairs, not make the rooms bigger. I have this old house that had 4 bedrooms upstairs, but only one bathroom downstairs (which was tiny anyways). So I turned one small bedroom into a large bathroom. I would hope that would be good for my house value. Having to go downstairs in the middle of the night sucked.

I noticed in these houses they both added bathroom upstairs. I wonder where they got the space from?

They were in Long Island. I remember hearing Trump say that.

If it works for you, then go for it. There's no sense in living in a house with only one tiny bathroom when you want two.

The thing about it "The Apprentice," though, is that the teams want to maximize the value of the houses they're working with within the time frame they were given. Removing a bedroom probably wasn't a good idea in the context of the task they were given.