• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Can’t they sell the house and do whatever they want with the money?

    Possibly. If they didn’t sign some sort of contract agreeing not to do so and if there would be a market for that house. And then there’s just the psychological burden of having to give up a free house because it turns out you can’t actually afford to own a free house.

    Or rent it out and use that to pay for the maintenance/taxes, etc?

    That is not a simple thing. And it puts you legally on the line for a lot. That’s why corporations tend to do it.

    Feels like it’s hard to argue against giving people a free house.

    I can show you so many stories of people who inherit valuable things only to end up in more debt than they started with. Did MrBeast make sure all of those people actually were good at managing their money before he gave them a house? If they weren’t, did he give them some way to become financially literate? We have no idea because he won’t tell us. We also have no idea what will happen to these people and their houses in one year or five years or ten.

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      2 months ago

      Fair enough, I see how it could all fall apart if not done properly. And based on what people are saying… it’s unlikely that he did things properly.

    • GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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      2 months ago

      Maybe if it’s just me, but if you’re unable to do the research to become financially literate after being gifted a $200k investment for free… I’m not really going to turn your problems into ill will for the person that gave it to you. Library’s are free.

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        2 months ago

        Lots of people “do the research” on such things and end up becoming things like sovereign citizens.

        That’s the problem with doing your own research with no one to guide you. That’s especially dangerous in areas like financial literacy.

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        2 months ago

        Most of those “houses” were three room shacks in third world countries. No way they were worth 200k. They were roofs over peoples’ heads yes, but not investment vehicles.

        And please, explain to a war ravaged town in sub-saharan africa financial literacy. See how that goes.