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I'd take the payout. No way I want to be bothered with upkeep on a place that large and that nice. I'd buy something that suited me better (that I could maintain on my own)
I like the layout and design just fine, except for the wall paper in that bedroom, that is awful. I would also need to clean up some of the 'clutter'. Decorative objects on end tables would get in the way of my piles of books.
Love the screened porch with the fireplace!
Those master bedroom skylights have motorized, electronically controlled shades.
I'd take the payout, mainly because I'd need the cash to pay the income taxes, as I don't have a spare 400k sitting around to send to the IRS. I was curious as to what prior winners have done and it seems like basically all of them have either taken the cash or sold the house after a fairly brief period because of the tax implications.
Really? You thought it was small?? Maybe cuz I'm single with a 1 bedroom apartment at the moment, it seems spacious to me. lol.
When you have 5 people and 3 cats along with 3 cars and the need for a 4th vehicle in a house with 4/5 bedrooms, about that many baths, and a 3-car garage (out of need, given the number of people in this house and the need for home offices and so forth)...
Yep. That house seems small for my family's needs. If I had fewer people at home and I liked the layout (I am not keen on the layout), I think it'd be good, absolutely.
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I'm pretty much used to a tax rate that high anyway. You know the government will have its hand out.
Still, I'd like roughly 59% of 850k.
That'd work.
I'd sell the Benz. After I drove it for a week or two, just for the hell of it. I enjoy driving those when we travel because I refuse to drive on unknown freeways without armor so we always rent Benz SUVs. I'd imagine a sedan could be just as fun, but I'm really more of an EV girl.
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I'd take the payout, mainly because I'd need the cash to pay the income taxes, as I don't have a spare 400k sitting around to send to the IRS. I was curious as to what prior winners have done and it seems like basically all of them have either taken the cash or sold the house after a fairly brief period because of the tax implications.
Keeping the house is only good if you were already in the market for a house like it anyway.
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Even though we're looking to buy a home (admittedly Raleigh would be a poor location choice for us), I'd take the cash and use it to buy some land and build something I liked significantly more and possibly still have some left over.
Of all possible colors, why on earth would they make it beige?
Yes I am entering twice a day like nearly 40 million others! This is MY year, though. How do I know? My right toe was itching! That's the money toe!
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