Transcripts For WPVI Nightline 20141028

Why the woman behind welcome to new york teared up today. I get so emotional. But first the nightline five. If youre up there, i could use some help. Smart, sarah. Seeking guidance. Just like with your investments. That sets you apart. It does . It does. Youre type e. And seeking another perspective is what type es do. Oh, and your next hand hold is there. You dont have to go it at alone. Etrade gives you the guidance to maim informed decisions. Are you type e . Numbe good evening. And tonight, youre going to meet a Real Estate Agent who carries a concealed firearm with him to work. Thats because hes selling houses packed to the gills with trash, filth and even sometimes illegal squatters. How on earth does he move this kind of inventory . And is it possible that this is the kind of Investment Opportunity that you should consider . Heres abcs Gloria Riviera. Reporter in the market for a mansion but dont want to pay a premium . You might want to look in jacksonvilles exclusive gated community, pablo bay. This is nice. Fountains. Really wellkept grounds. Nice community. Inside, there is a house for sale that will take your breath away. But not in a good way. Wow. This is crazy. Severe disrepair. Seemingly unliveable. And seemingly unsellable. Its a garage sale gone bad. Reporter its a garage sale gone epically bad. Unless youre Real Estate Agent todd arnold. What do you see it as . Something that has opportunity. Someone can easily clean it up. You have to get rid of all of this. Reporter you have to get rid of this stuff. But its the filth. Where most see trash, todd sees potential treasure. He finds distressed homes like this in danger of foreclosure, prices it low and tripes to sell them fast. Its called short sale. Opportunity for me, because i believe the house is only worth what someones willing to pay. Reporter todds Mission Today is to convince mom of three jennifer that this nightmare of a house could become her familys dream home. So, tell me why you are here. What are you here to see . Were here to look at this house because it is a short sale and a good price for this neighborhood. Reporter but theres a catch, right . Not very clean. Reporter jens First Impression . What is that . Smoke and animals. Reporter smoke from what . Smokers. Reporter i expect jen to high tail it out of here, but she seems to be seeing the potential. I guess im just an optimist. I like a challenge. Reporter well, you have a challenge here. I mean it really, though, i mean, it would come down to the price. This could be a lot worse. Reporter its pretty bad. Have to get a new toilet seat. Reporter yeah, you need that. Whats in here . Oh, my god. Look at this. Nasty. If these homeowners dont take their belongings with them, jen could be stuck with all of that cleanup. Is that dog pee . Reporter i think it is. Todd thinks he can convince jen to buy it for the bargain price of 315,000. Thats 40 below the market value. Oh. Storage room. Jack and jill bedroom with a bathroom in the middle. Reporter she still sees the upside. Good eye. Its worth the price. Reporter outside in the fresh air, jen seems to have second thoughts. Its full of junk and filth. And filth is feces, urine, smoke, cigarettes. Reporter short selling dispressed houses is a big business. Thats happening all across the country. This threebedroom home is selling for 1. 8 million. Barbara corcoran is a real estate mogul and host on abcs shark tank. Pipe down, little man. Reporter her take on jens home . If i was riding an ad on this house, id say, buyer beware. Reporter but she does see the investment potential. Its always worth it to buy a hoarder house and heres why. You get a 20 to 30 discount on the house. All you have to do is do what the hoarder couldnt do. Get a dumpster and get rid of the stuff. Reporter todd takes us on a tour of his inventory. His business is booming. This is jacksonville. The orange park side. Reporter and can also be dangerous. You feel like you need to carry a gun . Absolutely. Reporter wow. Dangerous business. Reporter sometimes todds not sure what will be waiting for him on the inside. People could be living in this place that dont really belong there. I like to honk my horn, let anybody thats there know that im here. Hello . I knock on the windows, you know, get a peek in. Reporter this house is abandoned and i have a hard time magic how this bombed out abode could become a cozy home. You think theres a buyer . Absolutely. Reporter he thinks with a little work, this 38,000 flop house could easily flip. In the short sale business, we like to call it broom swept clean. Means you can take a broom across it and you dont run across anything. Reporter the next home we visit looks pretty decent from the front. But what was once a backyard. Oh, my lord. What is going on back here . Is no a junk yard. And the inside is packed to the gills. Homeowner Tommy Thompson says he and his wife became overwhelmed by their own collection. Why dont you get rid of some of this stuff . Youd be surprised what he have gotten rid of. Reporter tonight, todd reports that this home has multiple offers with a contract pending. The good, the bad, the ugly. They all have to find a buyer. I think of them not as homes im selling but buyers and sellers that im helping. Reporter it seems jen was able to see through the zoo inside. It has a formal dining room and an eatin area. Reporter i missed the formal dining room. The birds were there. Jimmy o reporter i missed that. Before putting an offer in, buyers should do their research. Theres a wild card. You cant get into the basement or through the basement to see if the boiler even works, to see what the plumbing is like. You cant get to see what the view is like because you cant get to the window. Theres some guess work. Reporter jen is finally ready to make a decision. You know all the work that it will bring. Are you still thinking about putting in an offer . Yeah. Reporter yeah . Yep. I would do it. Reporter you are not easily daunted. But jen may not have been fast enough. Tonight, todd reports that home received multiple offers and went over the asking price. No snake the highest price, right . Thats a good thing. Im happy to sell at any price. If i sell at 10,000 or 300,000, as long as they close, its money. Reporter for nightline, im Gloria Riviera in jacksonville, florida. Coming up here on nightline, the physical and psychological transformation that Jake Gyllenhaal underwent for his new role. About the sometimes seedy side of the news business. An overnight underworld that very few of us ever get to see. And later, she couldnt just shake it off like taylor swift. She got a little bit choked up today. The setting is perfect. You know what . 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And we will. At the right time. Reporter to make it big. Who is lou . Hes part of a generation of people that are looking for jobs in a world where jobs are redefining themselves. Hes a thief. Sort oaf a petty thief at the beginning of the movie. Runs across this accident scene and sees guys who film accidents and crimes and stuff for local news and he finds his calling in an instant. You have a good eye. I want you to contact me when you have something. Something like this . Think of our news cast as a screaming woman running down the street. Caught on camera, a high speed chase. Pursuit suspect is in custody this morning. Reporter that may be harsh satire, but weve all seen it. The chases. The crashes. The chaos. The scene early this morning in the 400 block. Reporter and the just plain unexpected that bring in viewers. The movie dives into the psyche of this twisted world. Why so dark, this character . Theres a special type of personality that can do this job. You have to love the night. Reporter or hate the sun. Actually found myself really disappointed when the sun would come up as i was playing this character. Reporter to become lue, gyllenhaal drew inspiration from one of southern californias other nocturnal creatures. What did you do to prepare for this role . I wanted him to look like a coyote. In order to do that, i had to look hungry and be hungry. Reporter he means that literally. Gyllenhaal lost nearly 30 pounds for the role. By eating a diet of kale salads and going on long runs. I would do this loop, this tenmile loop and i would picture myself as a coyote. Like i was running with my brethren or something after awhile. Reporter gyllenhaals research included heading out after dark with this man, howard. Im an adrenaline junky. Reporter hes a real life los angeles night crawler, who for 15 years th s has been sell video. Gyllenhaal found him after the character was written, but they still got a dose of harsh reality. First thing he said, you guys want to wear the bullet proof vests or not . You got shot at. We were racing at 100 miles an hour. We arrived at a car accident where three young women had been ejected from a car. It was very horrible, bloody, violent. Howard, very professionally, got out his camera, filmed it, cut it together. What was the thinking there . I didnt ask that to hear myself speak. This transformation is very different from many of the roles i played in the past. It was a physical one, a mental one. But i brought me to a world that was different than any role ive ever played. Reporter so, we hit the streets to see what his adrenalinepacked nights are really about. Whats the goal . Goal is getting Something Like a crash on tape. We will go to minor crashes on the freeway and sometimes were there before they block the freeway and we get cars piling into everything and thats worth a bit of money. Reporter stringers can make a few hundred to thousands of dollars a night. In the movie, jake plays lou. Are you lou . Im lou to a certain extent. Without the felony aspect. Reporter during downtime, he waits in a parking lot with easy access to the highway. Possible fatal crash. Multiple calls have come in. Three calls. Possible fatal crash. Come on. [ bleep ]. If its a good crash and its visual, that would definitely sell. This could be a good start to the night. Reporter its a job where good is relevant. This is going to be a dump the car and run. Come on, come on, come on. Move reporter as he arrives, police are already on the scene. Everybody clear out this is not a safe area. Thats a brutal impact. I mean, ive seen a lot of crashes, but that is brutal. I just spoke to the fire department. They said the guy was in full arrest, so, its not looking good. Reporter theres a certain stoicism about his sat tuesdaat. Youve been called paparazzis of pain, video vultures. They work for you . No, no. Reporter give me what you prefer . Im a stringer. Reporter he also served as the technical adviser on the film, helping to translate the complicated language of the emergency scanners that contain hidden tips, if you know how to decipher femme. 25,000 channels. They have every fire department. Armed robbery. 187 is a homicide. Okay, we have an officer needs help. I dont know if its an officer down. He was screaming for help. Lapd everywhere. I have never seen a policeman get so many resources into one area so quickly. I will never ask you to do anything that i wouldnt do myself. Reporter in the movies over the top plot line, gyllenhaal doesnt hesitate to violate all sorts of professional and legal codes. I think you withheld information. That would be a very unprofessional thing for me to do. It would be murder. Reporter in this movie, your character crosses a line, more than a few times. I think lous opinion of that is hes an artist. My opinion is that i think all the things he says are right but i think the things he does inevitably do cross that line. Reporter the character in the movie clearly crosses the line. Do you ever cross the line . No. Reporter you hesitated. Theres a few laws we break. We have to get to the scene quite fast. We do go over the speed limit sometimes. We are very, very safe, though. 911, whats your emergency . Reporter gyllenhaal found himself identifying more and more with all the different shades of his character. There were pieces of me that are in lou. I would say a generation, i speak for myself, but i would say a generation has been raised with the success at any cost. You know, that ambition is admired. But at the same time, i think it can be very easily misused. We want all of it. Reporter in night crawler, success at any cost will make your palm sweat. For nightline, im byron pitts in los angeles. And nightcrawler is in theaters on halloween. Coming up next on nightline, our interview with taylor swift. Also, what she did with her most die hard fans that required an enormous amount of trust. Now centrum silver has a new easytoswallow coating. So the nutrients for your eyes, heart and brain go down easier. For a limited time, get your fourdollar coupon at centrum. Com. With the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the power to do more. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. Even though im a 43yearold guy and not at 13yearold girl, the next time i sit down at my home computer, i will download the new taylor swift album. This may indicate that im in a state of arrested development, but it also tells you what a huge crossover star swift is. And shes gotten there through a combination of song writing chops and, as youre about to see, marketing genius. Will you please shake it off with me . Reporter shes so excited about her new album that shes shouting it from the rooftops. Shake it off reporter performing live in a top secret event for yahoo . Just one of many surprises she has up her sleeve. This is what happens when one of the biggest music stars on earth invites fans into her living room. Hey, guys reporter yes, she has an unconventional relationship with her swifties. A whole month before dropping her new album, she played it for them in private. It was something i decided to do, a secret gathering all over the country of fans in my living rooms listening to the album and the coolest thing is, these fans heard the album a month ahead of time and they didnt leak anything. Reporter taylor talked about that trust with our Robin Roberts on gma today. You trust your fans and your fans trust you. I really do. And i trust that theyre going to be good to each other. Theyre going to be positive. Theyre going to be excited and enthusiastic. Reporter and it has helped make taylor swift a bestselling artist. Her last two albums each sold a million copies in the first week. I decided to go in a completely different direction. Reporter now the former country star is getting an all pop makeover in 1989 with catchy singles like shake it off. Im been playing around with pop for the last couple of years and i really wanted to go for it. Shake it off reporter but in the end, most critics have had nothing but praise for for the transformation. One of them calling it a pop tour de force. Its 16 tracks of danceable fun. And thats just what they did in a contest sponsored by good morning america. This morning, we revealed the winners. I get so emotional watching it. I get so emotional. Reporter and it brought taylor to tears. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you become a megastar with Customer Service like that. Thanks for watching nightline tonight. Be sure to tune into taylors next Live Performance on gma on thursday. Of course, were online 24 7 at abcnews. Com. Thanks again for watching and good night. [dramatic music] [cheers and applause] yeah yeah thank you, and welcome to the show. Im terry crews, and you may know me from brooklyn ninenine, and im also thrilled to be here hosting millionaire. [cheers and applause] every millionaire contestant is unique, but todays first contestant says shes missing something almost every person has. Luckily, it has nothing to do with her brain. From lafayette, louisiana, please welcome ashley hollier. [cheers and applause] hi, ashley. Can i hug you . Good to see you. Oh. Come on in. Now, ashley, what are you missing . A sense of smell. Its called anosmia. It means i have no sense of smell. Cant smell anything. Ive never smelled the really nice stuff, but ive also never smelled the really stinky stuff. Well, you know what i heard . I heard if youre missing one sense, all the other senses are actually increased. Do you feel like that . Well, it kind of diminishes my sense of taste. But maybe its coincidence, maybe not. I have, like, freakish