Married to Real Estate power couple Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson served as Season 2 judges for Rock the Block. But for Season 3, the property pros are in the hot seat themselves. Luckily, Egypt was born ready for this kind of pressure: “I can walk in [and in] six minutes tell you what’s going to add value to a house,” she said. “We’re the veterans on the show because I’ve been with HGTV for almost a decade.”

Four teams began the competition, each with one three-story, 3,500-square-foot home (worth a cool $500,000) and renovation budgets of $225,000 to make them even more valuable. “By the time we’re finished with these homes, they’re going to look like a million bucks,” Egypt predicted. “Literally, you might have to pay a million bucks.”

Egypt and Mike made short work of clunky features like an ill-advised pantry and itty-bitty windows to create a family home that doesn’t skimp on style. “You become a mom, you become a dad, and all of a sudden you’re supposed to compromise on design. I think families want high design and luxury and they want functionality,” Egypt said.

Mike was confident after sizing up his and Egypt’s competition: “I’m coming for that block!” While renovating the kitchen, the couple made their first big tweak to the property: repurposing a would-be powder room to create a secondary pantry. It was a tricky move that committed them to adding a bathroom somewhere else later in the competition. Would the gamble pay off?