Crazy Money Stories you personally have ties to?

[GoodSteward]

i have a tenant that is late 10 days every month and she pays me $200 on top her rent for the late fee, she has done it 5 months straight now and doesnt learn. people have to get punched in the face before they figure it out

Holy fat flaps grandma! 200$ late fee!!!! wow.....

My sister is selling her house. She has an offer and is waiting to hear how the inspection went. I asked her where she is moving to and she said she didn't know. She isn't even looking yet because she doesn't have a down payment. I hope she doesn't plan on staying here because I'm planning on selling soon, too! Her son is really anxious this summer because he has no idea where he is going to school in a few months.

This is the same sister I posted about before. I gave her a copy of The Millionaire Next Door and she and her then-husband went out and bought watches at JC Penney because the book said that the average millionaire owned a cheaper watch from JCP. They wanted to look like millionaires. They were not joking.

This literally made me LOL.

[41Fin]

My brother, who I'm not even sure has a job and lives at his friends house while he is deployed is contemplating buying Rolls Royce.

Told me he was getting a steal because it was only 50k.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

More than a couple of relatives went BK from gambling and bad RE investments. They turned it around from their 20s and are solid people now. Gambling can easily lead to many people's downfall I have to say. Considering how many relatives went BK that way and broke.

Personally after all my experiences with gambling I don't do it and hesitate to go to Las Vegas. Like I said my mom saw the inside of jail cell before 10 because they hauled them all in for the gambling ring in their house. I almost got hauled in for the illegal chicken fighting. Still makes me sick.

[rennigade]

Heres a crazy money story...Ive tracked all of my expenses for the past 3 years in quicken. I think most would agree thats crazy...why would anyone want to know how much money they spend?

[Nutria]

Heres a crazy money story...Ive tracked all of my expenses for the past 3 years in quicken. I think most would agree thats crazy...why would anyone want to know how much money they spend?

It's crazy only if you obsessively graph minutia...