I didn't say they aren't making money, I said they aren't set for life.... which they aren't. It's basic math and financial planning. They still need to make sound financial choices and investments to keep what they have into the future. They have a lot of people on the payroll to support, and a house like the one they have (even if it's pod for), will cost a ton to maintain over the years. Their lifestyle will take a huge hit if they aren't saving millions to last the next 50 years. Even if the high SB is correct, and given just what we see them spend, their lifestyle is unsustainable.ewokfan11 wrote:You mean the Shane Dawson who has a $2M house in Studio City??? Maybe some estimates are off, but a lot of them are not.HelloSweetie wrote:They don't have near as much money as those estimates. Shane Dawson is one of the biggest YTers still around and he has repeatedly said that YT money is overestimated. Regardless, Bryan and Missy have set up a lavish lifestyle that they cannot sustain without YT, because they can't possibly be investing or saving enough to continue on post YT. Southern California is expensive, and B&M can't afford to carry on the way they are indefinitely. Nope. I know legit millionaires that don't live lives as lavish and obnoxious as B&M because they save most of their income and give themselves a reasonable income so they can be assured that their lifestyle and investment growth is assured for the long term.
Where the Lannings live is WAAAAAAAAY far inland and WAAAAAAY far from where most people would want to live (it's like dried-up farm country out there)...and it's actually pretty cheap to live there. The Lannings are making a TON of $$$$ off their dumbed down kid channel. It's exactly the same thing that made Carl and Jinger a ton of money.
Let's say YT does well for them for the next 10 years and they have somehow managed to save/invest $18 mill. If those investments are paying a yearly income of $100k (generous by most small businesses standards), then that won't be enough. They will need to start living off the retirement savings at age 40. Know how long that will last if they try to keep their current lifestyle, home, spending habits? Answer: Not long Let's say they have everything paid for and have managed to downgrade their expectations a bit. If they pay themselves a gross salary of $450 (and remember they will have to start paying more tax without a business to fall back on) then $450k a year will allow them to never work again. This cannot support their boys, themselves, aging parents, the Mcmansion, horses, housecleaners, travel, new vehicles, etc, but it is a reasonable and generous income they can prepare for and keep up with. This scenario is giving them a hell of a lot of credit for saving and spending conservatively. YT is not a windfall, and you need to save in order to turn the good fortune into a "set for life" scenario. B&M cannot possibly be doing this. It's a matter numbers, and it doesn't add up.
Yes Shane Dawson has a 2 million dollar home, but he is selective with what he spends, and is constantly reinventing himself. He doesn't have an image to maintain he wears the same basic clothing every day, and drives an older model used Jeep. He also makes about double what B&M do, and isn't dependent on the attention span of children. B&M are one more YT kids app scandal (another apocalypse) away from losing significant income. It's the app that is driving the views up because kids just click on the thumbnails.... It doesn't mean they are watching even a minute of the show, or are searching thm out. YT kids is the worst app for parental controls. I hate it for that reason.
This applies to all YTers. If they aren't saving the bulk of the income they are bringing in, then a return to general employment is in their future. Good luck with that given that most are lazy morons.
TL,DR: B&M can have been saving an average of a million a year and would still have to take an income dive when YT ends. They are making good money FOR NOW. Plus we all know they aren't saving near as much as they should be.... If at all.
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