It's not irrelevant. You're completely missing the point. Rather than buy a house that fulfilled their needs and met their income level, they went hog-wild and bought themselves a McMansion, which is going to inherently cost much more in general maintenance and property taxes. I would be surprised if they're still there in 5 years, compared to something more affordable they could likely live in the rest of their lives. Point being, they're squandering their money instead of investing it properly, not that anyone is remotely surprised.
You are exactly right. Plus the Bentley. Those are about 200K. You can get premium Tesla’s, Mercedes, and BMWs starting at 35-40 brand new. She is way over spending on basic shit, proving she is gonna blow it all.
She tells herself she still has 11 million dollars and that is what she’ll live on for the rest of her life...but her spending habits are going to be sucked bit by bit to high prices for everything. Expensive restaurants, big liquor bills, expensive daily coffees, 12 vacations a year at expensive hotels, expensive clothes, etc.
And before she knows it she will have whittled a mountain of cash into nothing with irresponsible purchases.
This. A few hundred K for house, bills and some modest frivolities, and the rest into the bank with an annuity plan, some low-risk investments and dividends, and they could live very comfortably the rest of their lives, and still have something left to leave their kids and grandchildren. At the rate they're going however they're probably gonna wind up in debt.
The median value of a home in Louisville is $175K. She spent 5x that amount.
Irrelevant. Houses generally appreciate over time.
But it could speed up the time when she needs to sell it.
It's not irrelevant. You're completely missing the point. Rather than buy a house that fulfilled their needs and met their income level, they went hog-wild and bought themselves a McMansion, which is going to inherently cost much more in general maintenance and property taxes. I would be surprised if they're still there in 5 years, compared to something more affordable they could likely live in the rest of their lives. Point being, they're squandering their money instead of investing it properly, not that anyone is remotely surprised.
You are exactly right. Plus the Bentley. Those are about 200K. You can get premium Tesla’s, Mercedes, and BMWs starting at 35-40 brand new. She is way over spending on basic shit, proving she is gonna blow it all.
She tells herself she still has 11 million dollars and that is what she’ll live on for the rest of her life...but her spending habits are going to be sucked bit by bit to high prices for everything. Expensive restaurants, big liquor bills, expensive daily coffees, 12 vacations a year at expensive hotels, expensive clothes, etc.
And before she knows it she will have whittled a mountain of cash into nothing with irresponsible purchases.
This. A few hundred K for house, bills and some modest frivolities, and the rest into the bank with an annuity plan, some low-risk investments and dividends, and they could live very comfortably the rest of their lives, and still have something left to leave their kids and grandchildren. At the rate they're going however they're probably gonna wind up in debt.
Houses that black people live in rarely appreciate in value.
Houses never appreciate if more black people are moving in. It’s the exact opposite