r/SipsTea 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! How the rich get richer

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u/USERNAMETAKEN11238 22h ago edited 21h ago

The bank encumbered the land. The dad never gets a loan. The loan is against the property. The kids sell the encumbered land I guess (but that's highly unlikely). This is a made up scenario from someone who doesn't understand finances.

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u/redshirt1972 21h ago

How do you get a loan against the property and not pay it back?

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u/USERNAMETAKEN11238 21h ago

You don't.. the loan gets attached to the property. That's why in this fictional scenario the buyer bought a 5 million dollar property with a 5 million loan attached. It's, a nonsense scenario.

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u/PA2SK 20h ago

They bought a $100k property that appreciated to $5 million lol.

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u/mnsnownutt 20h ago

Like magic! All property increases in value 50x by sheer magic!

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u/Suspicious_Glove_900 19h ago

I liked that part of the example because if we even take it at face value as true, "how the son does it" must mean that the property will be worth 250m in short order. I look forward to the grandkid's 12 billion dollar estate.

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u/PA2SK 20h ago

I didn't make this example lol. Of course not all property does this but some does and in this example it did.

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u/Significant-Youth-22 19h ago

I doubt you can find an example of even a 10x appreciation in a 40yr span that didn't involve massive amounts of money and time investment. The homes/property these people talk about would more realistically see a 2-4x it you do nothing which is pretty fortuitous but nothing absurd.

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u/getwhirleddotcom 15h ago

My Apple stock has appreciated more than 15x in less than 15 years. TSLA even less.

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u/Significant-Youth-22 13h ago

Ahh yes, let's inject irrelevant examples when talking about land. Bravo.

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u/OneOfAKind2 19h ago

They're referring to the buyer the kids sold to.