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I think this to myself every time I watch one of these shows. Why do so many people have 500k to buy a vacation home?
Jan 12, 2017 11:26 PM
paranoidx
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I think this to myself every time I watch one of these shows. Why do so many people have 500k to buy a vacation home?
HairytheSheep
"We have two kids now so our 3000sqft house just isnt big enough anymore"
Sionas
I really don't know how. It's one thing to buy a big house in a small town rural area, another thing entirely in the middle of a city.
DigitalBang
If it's a repost... it's on front page all day...
comette
Def repasta, but still hilarious
zifnabthewizard
with 3 children, 9 on the way, and a max budget of $7, let's see what Lori Jo can do!
naab322
''sorry if it's repost'' mate you know it is, at least 3rd
petitedeath
Isn't 500,000 what they're paid for being on the show?
BeauM
So good
MungoVitoGotHellaCats
If I had to guess it'd start with knowing the difference between 5M and 500k. That's fucking Runescape math dude.
Banlish
FUCKING THIS. I've been a contractor for 20+ yrs, wife makes 40k a yr, we got approved for 170k. WHY? Cause I'm SELF EMPLOYED, god dammit.
GreatDaneGirl
Yeah we had trouble getting a loan because my husband is self employed, yet I just got laid off! If anything his job is way more secure!
brightintempas
And then there's me. "Should I spend $5 on some nice lights for my parents basement? I should treat myself..."
purplecumbrella
You know you're an adult when things like this piss you off.
bookofsamface
REALTOR here. These shows have given a lot of people unrealistic expectations.
Feanor19
My friends fastest sell was a house that had a year decomp corpse in it. Been on the market for years so they passed off to him as new guy
Feanor19
Great price for size and in a great neighborhood. He just called a friend who he knew was looking. "Fuck man, I don't give a shit" sold
Discoyo
How so? I am am super curious in the different ways.
bookofsamface
Mainly about what exists in local markets. Where I am, sad to say, 150,000 can get you a bad condo or an ok doublewide.
bookofsamface
But also about what is easy to fix. Even a small, DIY bathroom remodel is gonna cost thousands and take months. Shows have experts
FLDairyTrooper
Seriously, the worst thing I did in the months leading up to looking for a house was watching HGTV.
smtxom
"I don't like the size of the closet and bathroom" - person shopping tiny houses
Cheomesh
Drugs, I hope. Otherwise I've just straight up fucked my whole life up.
Klnwltrnk
"I like how I can sit in the bedroom upstairs and still be able to see you playing in the backyard with our son."
GreatDaneGirl
Or "imagine walking up to that view" ummm I'd prefer a great view from the living room, where I am most of the time. I sleep in the bedroom
DrNadz
Have you ever seen the shows about people wanting tiny houses? Like 100 sq ft? They make requests for porches and queen sized beds, wtf?
Oliverrrrrr
You also have to realize that many people MAX out what they think they can "afford" not what they reasonably should purchase based on DTI.
HandoB4Javert
People they knew died and they could raise money from illicit organ donations.
loveasthouwilt
Depends how long they've been saving and what they've gone without while saving.
SteakNazisMustDie
Watching this show as working class poor is how I imagine it must feel for starving Africans to watch cooking shows.
cracktoberfest
We're looking for an open concept craftsman in the heart of the city with a 2 acre yard for the dogs and ocean views for $200K.
ChefJameBalls
Also must have stainless steel appliances or have to redo the whole kitchen.
whatupmyknitters
(ignores the fact that stainless steel does not speak at all for the appliance's actual quality)
rainmakerab
Middle of city with Ocean view, so Atlantis ? Bamboo floor too, yes?
wanderwritings
You can view the ocean from a high rise
rainmakerab
Atlantis
Boopbeepbeep
BAMBOO FLOORING IS THE WORST. Can't look at it wrong without damaging the damn thing. As fragile as Trumps ego.
Stostri
2 acre yard in the heart of the city is actually the more absurd statement there.
rainmakerab
I wasn't implying absurdity, it's just Atlantis is nice this time of year
Stostri
Really? You think a large island in the Northern Atlantic is going to have pleasant balmy weather in January?
rainmakerab
You mean Atlantis ? Well hell yeah
ZeroFactorial
Repost, currently on the front page.
aBadDrawingOfAFishEveryDay
I don't read fp so why should I care?
EvilKam
I get downvoted when I say shit like this. I'm pre-emptively upvoting you incase the same happens to you.
PoopholeAintALoophole
Buddy of mine was on house hunters internation when the got a place in Mexico. As you can imagine the whole thing is b.s.. They 1/2
PoopholeAintALoophole
had already picked there place when producers approached him. They really didn't get anything in return either.
theboned1
I want to know more about this potatoe hanging job.
blonx
You need two bachelor degrees
Mesattack0857
Well, the potatos are always flying around rooms, so you just have to catch them first, and attach them to the ceiling so they don't escape.
blonx
You need two bachelor degrees
motherofgoddd
stevenwonder
when da scalpin' is just right
TheCrazyCatTaxLady
You can't hang yourself.
IRipTheBiggestFartsOnMyWifeInBed
Well... It's a lot of potatoes
PQTANLINDA
IGoInCanadaDry
My spoon is too big.
PQTANLINDA
I am a banana
NoYouNeedYOURStomachPumped
I tried watching property twin brosephs or whatever the Hell it's called with my dad and couldn't handle it. First rule of home buying is 1
NoYouNeedYOURStomachPumped
NEVER look at a property you can't afford. And that is literally the FIRST thing they did. What the fuck? 2
cracktoberfest
Well in that show that's the point. The buyers are always unrealistic with "must haves" without the $$$ to back it up.
lucsneaks
every time i watched this show they were shopping in canada. figure the equivalent numbers are 25% less in the us, even more in the uk
teardropivyyearofthetiger
I never see the Canadian ones. I see European ones and Jamaica and tropical places
Helenkellers
Sure but they're often in Toronto or Vancouver, where 2 million buys you a pretty normal house so...
Yinyang107
First of all,![]()
paranoidx
I got it from somewhere else on the internet.
andergriff
they could have found it somewhere else
paranoidx
I did..thank you for sticking up for me.
LadyWidebottom
Typically, if you find it somewhere else, that somewhere else took it from imgur.
andergriff
i meant somewhere else, assuming that the original somewhere was imgur.
VikingForHire
Yinyang107
I wouldn't care if not for the fact that it's literally on the front page right now.
VikingForHire
I don't know why you would care if OP reposted it directly from your account. Its a fucking image on a website
paranoidx
Seriously... I didn't look at the front page...I got it from somewhere else, and I browse usersub.
LadyWidebottom
And that's a repost too, since it was posted a couple of days ago.
paranoidx
got it somewhere else, and I apologize - I don't do this much RESEARCH before posting. I thought this site was supposed to be FUN.
paranoidx
I should get F**king paid if I have to do background checks of the things I post.
LadyWidebottom
Dude, calm down. It's a repost. It happens, and everybody gets called out when it does. Try to take it with a little dignity.
paranoidx
You are correct. I overreacted. Thanks. I feel better.
rmfranco
"We don't like the color, so we won't live there." Don't they know they can always paint?
kayakninjas
Most of those shows they already have a house picked out. They're just nitpicking for the camera.
JBlondie3
Cost over $500 to repaint my whole house when I moved in....
DJRoombaTearingitup
Pretty sure they are referring to the neighbors.....
moxymox
"Don't they know that can always paint?" Don't they know it's staged?
kittymcfluffnstuff
This
whatupmyknitters
however, a bad paint job can be REALLY hard to see past, so i get it. source: just dealt with this in house-hunting.
DontTouchMyDrumset
The rage I feel inside when they say things like this is enough to power a rocket to the moon and back, maybe even some left over.
EClaire1073
I feel you gril
HateMailHero
Did you know on most these shows they have to have signed the lease to a house ALREADY to appear on the show?
GoogleFucker
I feel you
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
But have you looked at how much paint costs these days?
esassin
if they can afford to buy a house for 5 million, they can afford 7 thousand dollars to paint it.
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
Aye, but not both
JagdPanzer38T
7000 dollars? i spent 500 on a 1800 square foot house.. are you painting with gold?
esassin
if a house is five million dollars, it would be a bit more difficult to paint than a standard home, inside and out.
JagdPanzer38T
dude, 5 million dollars would probably get you a 1000 square foot apartment in new york.
ImperialSecurityBureauAgentShab
If I'm buying a 5 million dollar house it's gonna look like MC Hammer renovated the sunofabitch
esassin
and if theyre buying a home for that price, you can be assured they arent painting themselves.