He lives in Michigan, he can buy a house for $1.95.

Actually, in some places he most certainly can, assuming his kids don't want houses and cars, too.

hmm...I could clear my mortgage, pay off the car AND still have enough left over to start a college fund for my neice and get everyone on my christmas list their very own iPad.

Weaver95: hmm...I could clear my mortgage, pay off the car AND still have enough left over to start a college fund for my neice and get everyone on my christmas list their very own iPad.

Can I be on your list too?

I know what subby obviously doesn't about credit and down payments.

Hmm, $176k. That means a new car for me in cash, $20k to each of my sisters for their Bachelor's and Master's funds respectively, another couple of thousand for good Christmas gifts, $50k to sit in a fund to finish off my degree without worry, plus some to keep me going for quite a while, and the other $25k I split to my parents to help with their houses.

Boring, isn't it?

Subby you don't have to buy a house with cash ya know. If he and his wife have decent credit and steady incomes they could get a mortgage. Or perhaps they actually have money saved. It does happen even in this day and age.

I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.

shanrick: I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.

That's about $60 in Manilla.

ShawnDoc: shanrick: I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.

That's about $60 in Manilla.

And I hear they throw in the AIDS for free!

My brother just bought a house for $65K. A new car might set you back $30K. Kids get $1000 each for presents. He'll wind up with 59% of that $176K, or a little over $100K.

Doable unless your wife has a clowncar-like vagina.

wee: My brother just bought a house for $65K. A new car might set you back $30K. Kids get $1000 each for presents. He'll wind up with 59% of that $176K, or a little over $100K.

Doable unless your wife has a clowncar-like vagina.

He actually got $225k. The $176 is post taxes.

Okay, I hope that they guy has a "happily ever after" life, but I just don't know...

The fact that this money will allow him to buy a new house where he previously couldn't is warning sign #1 for me. B: The new car implies that he either doesn't currently have one or drives a piece of shiat. And three--he's buying his kids "whatever they want". This tells me that there have been issues with Christmas in the past.

My take is that the car will be repo'ed, the house will be foreclosed, and his children will hate him. All within seven years.

I could do that and still have money left over.

GAT_00: He actually got $225k. The $176 is post taxes.

Well there you go, all the kids get a pony too.

Hey, that'll get you a house with indoor plumbing in these parts! Those snooty richies with their flush toilets.

bmihura: You forgot about the $60k for Uncle Sam.

And here's someone else who didn't read the article.

Kar98: PainInTheASP: Okay, I hope that they guy has a "happily ever after" life, but I just don't know...

The fact that this money will allow him to buy a new house where he previously couldn't is warning sign #1 for me. B: The new car implies that he either doesn't currently have one or drives a piece of shiat. And three--he's buying his kids "whatever they want". This tells me that there have been issues with Christmas in the past.


You're kind of an obnoxious, arrogant dick, you know.

Yes, but it's something that I have to continually work at.

I would buy a million pennies.

Yeah, he absolutely can buy all those things for that much. Subby is about 3 years two late with this headline.

Nishu: Yeah, he absolutely can buy all those things for that much. Subby is about 3 years two late with this headline.

Hah. Too late, even.

Because Fartbama

Well that's obviously not enough for two chicks at the same time. But he can probably get one for an hour or so.

I would put a good chunk down on my mortgage (only got it less than a year and a half ago), pay off the new car I bought back in May (paid for over half of it up front in cash, so the loan was under 10k to begin with), redo my bathroom, and put the rest in an interest-bearing fun-fund. Since I would keep working, I could move a lot more money into savings.