Watching the lottery dream home thing the other night. They had a dude who had won 1 million on a scratch off so he and his wife wanted to own their first home. Requirements were more than 2 bedrooms and a second bathroom. I laughed. Clearly some poor trash here. Then the budget. $660,000. What the fuck? I expected the show to do a record scratch WTF take on that. But nope, they just smiled showed them overpriced homes they only think they can afford.
WTF#1 $660k for a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom? I know the housing market is high in some places, but for fucks sake it can't be that bad anywhere. They even mentioned that they were moving OUT of a high priced area to find affordable houses. No, that shit aint affordable by any standard. They were looking at like 2k sqft houses with no land. Is it that bad in arizona?
WTF#2 That must have been the entire jackpot after taxes. How the fuck are they going to afford this house once they buy it? These people are first time home owners, they don't know what they're in for. The guy was in construction and the woman was a teacher. They didn't say it outright, but I got the impression the guy had quit. He was asked about a fixer upper and said "No I don't wanna do that kind of work anymore". I wouldn't be surprised if he took a shit in his bosses lunchbox as he left. It was borderline malfeasance to let those people spend that much on a house. They should have given them some counselling.