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purplefaithful · 07-22-2018, 02:25 AM

https://twitter.com/_Bigmikee1/status/10...7693191168

07-22-2018, 10:04 AM

The feeling he has to be able to give his mother something back like this must be incredibly satisfying. Good stuff.

07-22-2018, 10:35 AM

I don't want to be the jackwagon, that's a beautiful home and loving gesture, but how much guaranteed was his deal worth? That's a lot of house that will be expensive to own and maintain. I love it when these kids take care of their families, but how sad will it be when she can't afford to keep her house and his income is gone?

A more modest home with a trust to help pay future taxes and other expenses would be a much better idea....but a nice ranch in a slightly older neighborhood doesn't have the splash I guess.

07-22-2018, 10:52 AM

Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
I don't want to be the jackwagon, that's a beautiful home and loving gesture, but how much guaranteed was his deal worth? That's a lot of house that will be expensive to own and maintain. I love it when these kids take care of their families, but how sad will it be when she can't afford to keep her house and his income is gone?

A more modest home with a trust to help pay future taxes and other expenses would be a much better idea....but a nice ranch in a slightly older neighborhood doesn't have the splash I guess.

His signing bonus was $5.25 million dollars, he's fine. Depending on where that house is, the price could vary greatly....I think its in North Carolina? That house could be anywhere from $500,000 to over $1+ M. Money is cheap for borrowing currently so if he's smart, he paid for maybe 40-50% down and got a loan for the rest. If its in New Bern, NC, where he was born, it would be on the lower side of that range as the population is only 27,000. If he paid cash, he could have gotten a slightly better deal from the sellers also. You could get a house like that in the Kansas City suburbs for $450,000-$600,000....they aren't that expensive.

Quote from Hughes: “Other than getting my mom a new house, I plan to save money,” Hughes said.

07-22-2018, 11:18 AM

That's a fantastic first purchase. Nothing wrong with showing mom some love and appreciation. He made a promise and he kept his word.

07-22-2018, 01:21 PM

Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
That's a lot of house that will be expensive to own and maintain.

When you don't have a mortgage payment it's a lot easier. I probably would've bought a smaller, more modest house. Always admired that story of the guy who won a hundred million in the lottery and the car he bought was a used Jetta. But Sticky's right, if that house is in North Carolina suburbs, it's probably not more than $500K.

07-22-2018, 03:49 PM

There's a lot of assumptions being made. We don't know if the house was cheap or where it was. We don't know if they paid for it in cash or if they just paid the minimum down. What we do know is that a very large percentage of NFL athletes (78%) are broke within 2 years of leaving the league. Hopefully he'll be an exception.

07-22-2018, 04:58 PM

He might be fine anD have a long and prosperous career, or he could be in the majority that don't see a second contract and in 10 years won't be able to make the property tax payments for mom and they lose the house. I'm just more conservative than to spend 10% of a contract on a gift for my mother when I'm sure she would have been plenty happy with a less splashier place. Put it was a nice gesture regardless and she should be both happy and prouD in the meantime.

07-23-2018, 10:14 AM

Quote: @medaille said:
There's a lot of assumptions being made. We don't know if the house was cheap or where it was. We don't know if they paid for it in cash or if they just paid the minimum down. What we do know is that a very large percentage of NFL athletes (78%) are broke within 2 years of leaving the league. Hopefully he'll be an exception.

If Hughes didn't use his $5M to pay cash for the house and instead has a mortgage that will double the amount he pays for it over 30 years, then he's too stupid to play in the NFL. Of course he paid cash. And it's not like real estate is a terrible investment. It's actually one of the smartest things he could do. NFL players go broke because they spend ridiculous amounts of money in Vegas, on strippers, cars, batshit crazy investments like casinos and music labels.

07-23-2018, 10:33 AM

Quote: @MaroonBells said:

@medaille said:
There's a lot of assumptions being made. We don't know if the house was cheap or where it was. We don't know if they paid for it in cash or if they just paid the minimum down. What we do know is that a very large percentage of NFL athletes (78%) are broke within 2 years of leaving the league. Hopefully he'll be an exception.
If Hughes didn't use his $5M to pay cash for the house and instead has a mortgage that will double the amount he pays for it over 30 years, then he's too stupid to play in the NFL. Of course he paid cash. And it's not like real estate is a terrible investment. It's actually one of the smartest things he could do. NFL players go broke because they spend ridiculous amounts of money in Vegas, on strippers, cars, batshit crazy investments like casinos and music labels.

Not true. The big reason you don't pay cash for a house when borrowing money is dirt cheap is you want your money to work for you via investments. So instead of laying out $700,000 in cash to buy a house, you put down $300,000 and use the other $400,000 to invest in stocks. Mortgage rates are creeping up now, but back when they were around 3.5%, that is SO low. You can pay off the mortgage at any time before the 15 or 30 years maturity. Hughes would be smart to borrow some money for this house as he also needs to establish credit and a credit history as a young man. The ability to be able to borrow money and have good credit is very important moving forward in life. Smart debt is a good thing. Outlaying large sums of cash to not be in debt is somewhat antiquated thinking as there's many better ways to possibly use that $$$ to work for you.