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[DonasaurusRex]

smart parents smart girl.

 

[maquiladora]

Should have spent all the money on a better shirt.

 

[kehs]

Pretty boss.

She's 14 dude, jeez.

 

[sfedai0]

Does she have a car? I do. I win.

 

[3N16MA]

She's 14 dude, jeez.

?

 

[Phobophile]

Wonder how much she's paying in property taxes.

 

[Slayven]

Haters in full effect.


I totally expected something else with the title, blackgaf would know.

 

[TUSR]

She bought half a house, misleading title.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Wait she has $6000 at the age of 14?

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Neo Detroit.

lol. This.

 

[Liquid_015]

What shall we rename it?

Gotham City.

 

[marrec]

Wonder how much she's paying in property taxes.

Depends on how the taxes are assessed. If she's paying on the 12,000 dollar value then it's 800 dollars a year. If she's paying on the previous value of the property, then it's 6500 a year.

 

[Technosteve]

600 a month for a house???? The fuck that beats my apartment by 200 dollars, fuckkkkkkkkkkk

 

[olimpia84]

If she rents it for 700 bucks a month she should be able to make a profit in just a few years down the road. Great investment.

 

[echoshifting]

Haters in full effect.

Don't want my earlier post to be misconstrued as hating, so I'll just say that I actually think this is pretty neat.

Sad state of affairs, but still neat.

 

[Emily Chu]

Nice tenants.

Season 5 premier of Breaking Bad?

that or Trailer Park Boys...

 

[Dreams-Visions]

If she rents it for 700 bucks a month she should be able to make a profit in just a few years down the road. Great investment.

that makes several big assumptions, but that's certainly possible.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Nice tenants.

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

 

[DemiMatt]

hey neogaf lets pool all of our money and buy detroit.

You don't need a pool you need like...three or four people to go in on this with you

What shall we rename it?

Count me in!

 

[Spire]

She's 14 dude, jeez.

Ho ho ho.

 

[echoshifting]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

I dunno, these days I think actually having a home elevates you out of the white trash category by default

 

[Reversed]

Well spent.

 

[Big-E]

I am not usually one to hate but this story is a little misleading. She was smart to ask to sell off the stuff but she still had to have her mom to front half of the total cost plus she is highly unlikely to be paying the taxes for it.

 

[gutter_trash]

It is kind of the family business so it's not really all that impressive.

this

 

[Chesskid1]

she had a mom who knows a ton about real estate and can help with renter insurance, broker the deal, deposits, taxes, landlord lawyer who knows about tenant rights, landlord to fix stuff, etc

so she prolly saved a ton cause her mom already knows about this stuff. pretty cool nonetheless.

 

[marrec]

If she rents it for 700 bucks a month she should be able to make a profit in just a few years down the road. Great investment.

If her property taxes are assessed at the value of the house before the forclosure sale (100,000) then her taxes are around 500 a month.

 

[Violet_0]

her mother found the house, her mother bought the house

thread title is a bit misleading I think

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I dunno, these days I think actually having a home elevates you out of the white trash category by default

The fuck kind of twisted logic is this shit? You must not have any shitty neighborhoods where you're from.

 

[echoshifting]

The fuck kind of twisted logic is this shit? You must not have any shitty neighborhoods where you're from.

Relax
Sarcasm
Sorry

 

[elrechazado]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

Where should they live and exist that wouldn't cause your elitist sensibilities to be offended? You sound like a real jerk.

 

[MYE]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

Classy

 

[Gospel]

What shall we rename it?

Old Jack City

 

[Riggs]

Where should they live and exist that wouldn't cause your elitist sensibilities to be offended? You sound like a real jerk.

Ty saved me time.

 

[SUPREME1]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

What a dick.

 

[DaveTheSnake]

hey neogaf lets pool all of our money and buy detroit.

I'm in. I got $20

 

[Deified Data]

Wait she has $6000 at the age of 14?

lol, where do you think? Where does any kid get their allowance?

 

[The Faceless Master]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

wow.

just wow.

 

[dejay]

And, here folks, is your typical white trash family with their shitty home.

Coming from someone who's trying to find work...

I haven't found a job yet since I graduated in August.

Add to the fact that I'm applying for GOVERNMENT jobs, which takes infinitely longer than to hire than the priate sector. Right now I'm just waiting to hear back from:

-U.S. Marshals
-ATF
-USAID
-AFPC Intel Specialist

that statement seems a bit lacking in empathy. They might be doing the best they can under the circumstances that life dealt them.

It must be nice to live in the mansion you obviously bought with the money you earned from the sweat of your brow.

 

[Dan]

Hmm, so the housing bubble collapse just created tons of cheap property for people with money to buy and hold, and become uber rich in 10 years when things are better?

Hopefully the industry stays busted. Housing has been over inflated and abused as equity for way too long.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Coming from someone who's trying to find work...

that statement seems a bit lacking in empathy. They might be doing the best they can under the circumstances that life dealt them.

It must be nice to live in the mansion you obviously bought with the money you earned from the sweat of your brow.

I do have a job. Maybe I should've used the word "career" if that would make you feel better.

 

[elrechazado]

I do have a job. Maybe I should've used the word "career" if that would make you feel better.

That's all it takes to judge people who have less than you. How dare they be poor.

 

[marrec]

*makes a mental note that White Trash is no longer acceptable*

We've come far.

 

[Korey]

The tenants have a cute dog

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

Wait she has $6000 at the age of 14?

birthday, christmas, baby money and allowance?

my parents put nearly all of the gifted money I received into long term investments when I was a kid and then gave me the money when I was a teenager. more parents should do that sort of thing. yeah, I ended up not having as many toys and videogames as other kids, but I was hardly deprived.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

What shall we rename it?

Newgafland

 

[elrechazado]

*makes a mental note that White Trash is no longer acceptable*

We've come far.

Who said that?

 

[Deified Data]

birthday, christmas, baby money and allowance?

my parents put nearly all of the gifted money I received into long term investments when I was a kid and then gave me the money when I was a teenager. more parents should do that sort of thing. yeah, I ended up not having as many toys and videogames as other kids, but I was hardly deprived.

We're forgetting the distinct possibility that her parents could have simply given her the money specifically to pay for (half) the house. Sort of as a "take this money and see what you can do with it" lesson that rich folk love to play at.

Who said that?

The thread at large.

I'm tempted to say that Jason's Ultimatum was only called out for his condescending tone, but is there a way to describe something as "white trash" without being condescending in some way?

 

[thetrin]

Whoa what? It's not cool to bash white trash anymore? What happened to you, America?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Good for her. Being a landlord can really afford a young person a lot of flexibility when they are beginning their career.

Wonder how much she's paying in property taxes.

Evidently less than the $8400 a year she's making in rent

 

[Ruprit]

birthday, christmas, baby money and allowance?

my parents put nearly all of the gifted money I received into long term investments when I was a kid and then gave me the money when I was a teenager. more parents should do that sort of thing. yeah, I ended up not having as many toys and videogames as other kids, but I was hardly deprived.

From the article:

One day, she went to a house that an investor wanted to flip. "It was filled with all kinds of stuff!" Willow says. "I was like, 'I can sell this stuff if he'd want to let me have it.'"

That was fine with the investor. So Willow sold the furniture and appliances from the house on Craigslist. She did the same thing with a bunch more houses. After a while, she was clearing about $500 a month, and saving a lot of it.

Should have been bold.