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How? Just how do so many people afford 2+ mil secondary homes in florida?

Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:36 pm
Posted by BengalBlood81
Member since Oct 2014
1299 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:36 pm
I’m not talking about your $500k condo in gulf shores. I’m talking about 5-10mil homes in florida on the beach that are mostly vacation homes. I want to know how this type of money was amassed. I feel like that scene in wolf of Wall Street where Donnie walks up to Jordan B in the coffee shop. “I’ll quit my job right now and come work for you if you show me a pay stub”

I have a good paying job and still want to know how so many people can afford these things. Again, I’m not talking about a handful of very successful people. Lots and lots of homes 2mil++. How do they do it?
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
61413 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:37 pm to
PPP loans.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30642 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:37 pm to
It’s more like the scene in The Big Short when they find out that the stripper owns 8 houses on mortgages and can’t afford any of them
Posted by OldCat55
Member since Apr 2021
645 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:40 pm to
Drove down Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, and into Sarasota for dinner 8 days ago. Every time I make that drive, I wonder the same thing.

2 BR Gulf Shores like condo we were staying in is ‘pending’ at a little over 1.4 million.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
7921 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:50 pm to
If you can get good rentals it offsets some of the expense. At a place like Alys Beach though, lots of people don’t even have their place up for rent. Talking about mid to upper seven figure places. Very wealthy people with FU money.
Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9620 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:51 pm to
All that just to have the home take massive damage from a hurricane every 5 years.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86575 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:53 pm to
quote:

talking about 5-10mil homes in florida on the beach that are mostly vacation homes. I want to know how this type of money was amassed


It wasn't. Those people bought those homes 30 years ago for like $250k.
Posted by Intelligent
Member since Jun 2017
672 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 2:58 pm to
They made a lot of money
Posted by TexasTiger33
Member since Feb 2022
13364 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

I have a good paying job and still want to know how so many people can afford these things.
Entrepreneurship (or Inheritances)
This post was edited on 7/1/23 at 3:06 pm
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
12533 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:03 pm to
quote:

I have a good paying job and still want to know how so many people can afford these things. Again, I’m not talking about a handful of very successful people. Lots and lots of homes 2mil++. How do they do it?

Great inheritance or small business owner with great margins.
Posted by whiskey over ice
Member since Sep 2020
3289 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:09 pm to
I quit paying my student loans. Now I can afford it
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82066 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:14 pm to
People always talk about debt in these threads. And yeah, some of that is debt.

But there's a shite ton of FU money out there.
Posted by extremelsu
Atlanta
Member since Aug 2013
3898 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:16 pm to
Get the right silver spoon shoved up your arse
This post was edited on 7/1/23 at 3:17 pm
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18486 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:21 pm to
My wife’s uncle has a multi-million dollar home in Tennessee as his main residence and a multi-million dollar home in Naples.

He was an upper executive for a few major automobile companies for around 20 years. Factor in investments he’s made, he’s probably sitting at a net worth of $20 million+. If not more.

You see “so many” million dollar homes around and don’t realize that in the grand scheme of things, there aren’t that many. There are way more middle to lower class residences where people are just making it. And the super rich have multiple million dollar homes, so it’s even less people than you think.

Posted by LSUminati
Member since Jan 2017
3391 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:22 pm to
As I get older it is more eye opening how much entrenched money there is out there. Whether it be natural resources or just family money people don’t even really know about. Think about as well how we have historically reproduced. Wealthy people had huge families and a lot of times multiple sets of offspring.

But anyway, back to the point, a simple anecdote of all of this on the latter example. I was acquaintances of a person in a professional field who made good money, but they also received a trust distribution from a family trust in the six figure rang as well. Nothing crazy, but something like 200k a year. Now think about, if you’re already making a professional salary, what you could do with that extra family money. Now this is just one example - not a 1% type scenario.

If you want to get there on your own, fact is as long as you work for someone, you have virtually no chance. I won’t say no chance, as you could become a high level executive at a big company, but chances are if you aren’t self employed you will never have the kind of money to touch that realm of life.
Posted by Palomitz
Miami
Member since Oct 2009
2218 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

I’m talking about 5-10mil homes in florida on the beach that are mostly vacation homes


Obviously it is rich people, and many coming from NY/NJ.
Forget that- living in Miami for so long now I wonder how regular folks are casually buying $700-900K homes. They have regular jobs and paying that price tag for a standard home is just insane.
Posted by SnoopALoop
Nashville
Member since Apr 2014
4402 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:23 pm to
Well, when you're in the c suite of a multi billion dollar Fortune 100 company that runs the healthcare industry, shits easy. It's like buying a new bike or something miniscule. I currently see this now.

I highly doubt an everyday baw is doing this without being in serious debt.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
114077 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:24 pm to
quote:

I feel like that scene in wolf of Wall Street where Donnie walks up to Jordan B in the coffee shop. “I’ll quit my job right now and come work for you if you show me a pay stub”




Donnie approaches Jordan Youtube.com

The part when Jordan ask about his wife being his cousin and Donnie tells him if they have a kid that isn't right they will drop it off somewhere in the woods is my favorite part..
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55897 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:25 pm to
there are a lot of successful salesmen/business owners/doctors/lawyers in this country.

also, as mentioned, they were much more affordable when they were built.

another thing is there are about 100 million more people in this country than there was in 1980. i think a lot people don't realize this when talking about real estate prices and whatnot.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35629 posts
Posted on 7/1/23 at 3:25 pm to
Naples real estate is insae and people are buying it.
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