ilmscore | Don’t Buy a House Until You See This! – $100,000 Mistake Everyone Makes

Predictions from this Video

Total: 30
Correct: 20
Incorrect: 2
Pending: 5
Unrated: 3
Prediction
Topic
Status
Real estate prices can significantly decrease, as evidenced by the 2008 crash.
"Because we saw what happened after the 2008 crash where real estate prices were slashed in half."
Real Estate Market
Unrated
Real estate values in Michigan dropped by as much as 93% after the 2008 crash.
"It was as much as 93%. Real estate values dropping in the state of Michigan where I am."
Real Estate Market
Pending
There is a risk that housing prices could fall, in addition to the risk of them increasing.
"And you're 100% right. It's a risk, but there's also a risk that housing prices could fall."
Housing Prices
Pending
A significant majority (78%) of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, spending all or more of their income.
"78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, which means I make some money and I spend all of it or more."
Savings Rate
Correct
American culture often involves spending more than earned through credit and debt.
"In the traditional American culture, people make a dollar to spend $2 through the help of lines of credit, credit cards, and other forms of debt."
Consumer Spending
Correct
The US operates as a credit-based economy where most individuals spend beyond their earned income.
"We live in what's called a credit-based economy, which means if you make $50,000 a year, you don't live off of $50,000 a year. At least most Americans don't."
Economy
Pending
Increased consumer spending is a driver of economic growth.
"Because that's what grows the economy. The more money you spend, the richer somebody else gets."
Economy Growth
Pending
Individuals with lower incomes and smaller businesses can be wealthier than those with higher incomes, due to different financial habits.
"But the one friend who runs the smallest business, who like probably has the least income is the richest."
Personal Finance
Pending
The luxury goods market, exemplified by LVMH, thrives because consumers pay to project wealth, benefiting the company owners.
"Bernard Arnold. He's the founder and CEO of LVM or he's the founder and CEO of the company that owns Louis Vuitton. And why? Because millions of people pay him to look rich when in reality he's the one that's getting rich."
Luxury Goods Market
Correct
Individuals without $2,000 in savings and with credit card debt are considered to be in a 'financial danger zone'.
"if you are in the financial danger zone, which is you don't have $2,000 saved up for an emergency and you have credit card debt, if you are in that situation, you are in the financial danger zone"
Financial Danger Zone
Correct
To exit the financial danger zone, drastic spending cuts are necessary, including eliminating restaurants, vacations, and non-essential subscriptions.
"no more eating at restaurants, no more vacations, no more doing anything that doesn't put money in your pocket, and no more Netflix."
Spending Habits
Pending
Excessive TV watching is a luxury individuals in financial distress cannot afford, as that time could be used for learning or earning.
"The average American is watching more than two hours of television a day. And if you don't have $2,000 saved up, if you have credit card debt, you cannot afford those two hours a day being a wasted on TV."
Time Management
Correct
Selling underutilized or unaffordable assets like TVs, cars, or houses is a strategy to generate income and improve financial standing.
"If you have a TV that you're not using, sell it. You have a car that you can't afford, sell it. If you're living in a house that you can't afford, sell it."
Asset Disposal
Correct
Societal expectations and partner desires can pressure men into spending money they don't have, leading to financial strain.
"And then, especially if you're a guy, you have a girlfriend, you have a wife, she's going to say, 'How come they keep get to go can they keep getting to go to Cancun? They keep going to these nice restaurants. talk to me. You can't take me to these nice places.'"
Relationship Dynamics
Correct
Achieving significant wealth, even in one's 20s, does not necessarily correlate with current outward displays of affluence.
"The first time I made a million dollars in a year, I was in my 20s. I was driving a car worth $500. It didn't have a bumper on it."
Wealth Accumulation
Pending
The fear of appearing broke drives many people into debt to acquire material possessions and experiences, which ultimately perpetuates their financial struggles.
"And that is the reason why so many people will go into debt to buy vacations, to buy things, to buy stuff, to look rich. And ironically, that's the thing that keeps so many people poor for the rest of their life is because they're scared to look broke."
Financial Psychology
Correct
Individuals facing financial hardship may seek 'dopamine hits' from activities like gambling, which are often concentrated in economically struggling areas.
"Anything that gives you a little dopamine hit. Gambling. This is why all the gambling shops are in the areas that struggle the worst financially because those I mean a lot of people say because those people are looking for that you know that big payday that dopamine hit from a payday."
Emotional Spending
Correct
Reckless spending can stem from a need for emotional gratification or a 'dopamine rush' to compensate for dissatisfaction in other areas of life.
"I was making reckless spending decisions because I think it gave me some kind of hit that I I was missing in my life. It gave me like a dopamine rush"
Financial Decisions
Unrated
Individuals driven by the desire to 'look rich' or seeking quick financial gains are vulnerable to get-rich-quick schemes promising unrealistic returns.
"You are the one that gets caught up in all the get-rich quick schemes because someone's going to say, 'Look, put $1,000 into this, you'll have $10,000 in the next three months.'"
Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
Correct
Real estate prices can drop significantly, as evidenced by the 2008 crash and a 93% drop in Michigan.
"Because we saw what happened after the 2008 crash where real estate prices were slashed in half. It was as much as 93%. Real estate values dropping in the state of Michigan where I am."
Real Estate Market
Incorrect
There's a distinction between traditional financial advice and more effective financial education rules.
"The traditional rules and then there's the real financial education money rules."
Personal Finance
Correct
Affording a house involves three key components: down payment, monthly payments, and moving costs.
"You have to afford the down payment. You have to afford the monthly payment. And you have to afford the moving costs."
Home Affordability
Correct
A minimum 20% down payment is recommended to truly afford a house.
"If you want to afford the house, you have to have at least a 20% down payment."
Home Ownership
Incorrect
The 751510 plan suggests allocating 75% of earnings for spending, a minimum of 15% for investing, and a minimum of 10% for saving.
"something like the 751510 plan, which says for every dollar that you earn from here on out, 75 cents is the maximum that you can spend, 15 cents is the minimum that you invest, 10 cents is the minimum that you save."
Personal Finance Plan
Correct
A significant majority of Americans (78%) live paycheck to paycheck, spending all or more of their income.
"78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, which means I make some money and I spend all of it or more."
American Spending Habits
Correct
The US operates on a credit-based economy where individuals often spend more than they earn by leveraging debt.
"We live in what's called a credit based economy, which means if you make $50,000 a year, you don't live off of $50,000 a year. At least most Americans don't. We live in what's called a credit based economy, which means you have the ability to spend the $50,000 you earned plus debt."
Credit-Based Economy
Pending
Individuals with smaller businesses and lower incomes can paradoxically be the wealthiest due to their financial habits.
"The one friend who runs the smallest business, who like probably has the least income is the richest."
Wealth Accumulation
Pending
A fear of appearing broke can lead to poor financial decisions and hinder wealth building.
"It's interesting because confidence is such a internal thing and I just feel like I just probably just didn't have it then because I I think I was scared for someone to know that I was broke."
Financial Mindset
Correct
The 'financial danger zone' is defined by lacking $2,000 in emergency savings and having credit card debt.
"if you are in the financial danger zone, which is you don't have $2,000 saved up for an emergency and you have credit card debt, if you are in that situation, you are in the financial danger zone"
Financial Danger Zone
Correct
Achieving wealth requires a serious and dedicated approach, prioritizing financial turnaround.
"if your number one goal is to become wealthy, if your number one goal is to turn your finances around, you have to get serious about it."
Wealth Building Strategy
Pending
Becoming wealthy involves difficult sacrifices, and it's not an easy process.
"It's difficult. I can't come here and tell you it's going to be easy. Because that's going to be me lying to you."
Financial Sacrifice
Correct
The speaker now views their life in five-year 'seasons' to manage priorities and sacrifices.
"I now think of my life in these five year seasons."
Life Seasons
Correct
The desire to appear rich, driven by a fear of looking broke, is a primary reason many remain poor.
"And ironically, that's the thing that keeps so many people poor for the rest of their life is because they're scared to look broke. And now when you try to look rich, that's the thing that's actually keeping you broke."
Financial Mindset
Unrated
Emotional decision-making, particularly regarding spending, is common and challenging to counter with logic.
"During that time, you are making emotional decisions. As many people are. And it's very difficult to speak logic to emotion."
Emotional Spending
Correct
Individuals driven by the desire to appear wealthy and seeking quick fixes are prime targets for get-rich-quick schemes.
"you're the one that's going to get caught up in all the get-rich quick schemes"
Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
Correct