These are gems... "house hunters budget memes" on google
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granlobomalo
· 6 years ago
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I read that most episodes of House Hunters are actually staged. Families going on the show have usually already selected the home that they want and, oftentimes, the other two homes are just friends’ houses in the neighborhood. The key to guessing which home they’ll choose is to pick the one without any furniture. But I still love the show. Even if it’s faker than my ex’s promise to be faithful.
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guest_
· 6 years ago
Sorry on the ex. And also- yeah. Most of these shows are staged to some degree from minor to total fabrication. To take mundane things that most people hate having to live through like buying a home and make them interesting is about presentation and drama. It’s not economically feasible to just follow people around at random and throw out the months of financing spent on the guys who had a no fuss quick search, found a market price home that maybe needed an interior paint job and 2 sconces; or the people who had a contractor take 6 months on repairs and then disappear, and their 2 year legal battle to get their money back.
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guest_
· 6 years ago
Sorry on the ex. And also- yeah. Most of these shows are staged to some degree from minor to total fabrication. To take mundane things that most people hate having to live through like buying a home and make them interesting is about presentation and drama. It’s not economically feasible to just follow people around at random and throw out the months of financing spent on the guys who had a no fuss quick search, found a market price home that maybe needed an interior paint job and 2 sconces; or the people who had a contractor take 6 months on repairs and then disappear, and their 2 year legal battle to get their money back.
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guest_
· 6 years ago
What they do now isn’t very relevant. If you were Google employee #20 and worked as a janitor you’d be a multimillionaire, but say you were a power broker or an engineer and worked making $220k+ a year while your spouse did the same and you both saved and invested. I know plenty of people with jobs like “custom fence post maker” or “hand crafted fishing pole retailer” or guys who machine parts in their garage but they live in million plus dollar houses and live well. Once you’ve made enough money in a high stress job and invested well, you can train pocket pets or do masonry and still be pulling in huge sums of cash. It seems to be a trend of our times to work to the point of being burnt out in a high stakes job to establish finances, and then quit and pursue passion projects or work life balance and live off residuals- maybe do contract work or side jobs to fill in the blanks, and then maybe go back to your original field in some capacity that is more agreeable to you.
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