Home and Auto Mansionmania Tournament: Round 1, Heat 12 - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 10:38 AM

Mansionmania continues. I'm going to show you the most expensive homes in every state and a few territories, with a few extras thrown in from the largest states to get the tourney up to 64. It'll be a single-elimination tournament.

You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions:

The purchase price for you is $0.
All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, and cleaning is included.
You must live in the home for the rest of your life.
You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year.
You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance
You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll.
You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room.
You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside.

I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood.

Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me.

Your entries in this heat are:

Kansas:

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...8_M98451-43225

Delaware:

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...0_M58295-90451

Kiimo · 10-14-2021, 11:13 AM

This is the first heat where I would turn down the offer entirely. I'm good.

**Buehler445** · 10-14-2021, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Speaking of irrigation, I'm assuming the reason every one of those sections in the satellite image has a massive circle in the middle of it is because of center-pivots?

I knew there were plenty of 'em out there but I didn't realize they were quite that pervasive.

That part of the world is hugely irrigated. In the water table there are like stones, instead of sand, so water flows into wells really easily. It's deep and takes some power to get out, but there are some big ass wells up there. Part of Wallace County is in my GWMD and they're trying to get some restrictions on it up there, but currently the pumping limits up there are 2 Acre Ft/allocated acre. And places up there can hit it.

For reference, my farm is about 30% irrigated, dads is less than 10%. And none of our systems pumped over 12 ac/in (half the allotment) for a lot of years now.

It's definitely different up there.

**Buehler445** · 10-14-2021, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Who would actually buy that Kansas house? Lot of farmers have 25 million to spend or qualify for loans?

There are a couple (not me), but I'm guessing they're looking for outside money with that particular post.

**Old Dog** · 10-14-2021, 11:25 AM

Damn it....I was hoping this was going to be the Kansas entry so I could keep arrowhead within 100 miles....zero interest in Sharon Springs...if we're talking driving distance, I can't even get to Garden City....

https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-...ld-water-park/

**Perineum Ripper** · 10-14-2021, 11:36 AM

Give me Kansas, I love being alone and like farming. Perfect combination for me, well the Wyoming house is my dream house but this would do

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Under the rental agreement with my landlord that pays nothing except property tax, if the irrigated will yield what it says, nothing for the grass (I can get you something), and a real conservative number on the dryland, I'd be paying you in the neighborhood of 2.2 Million for 2021, plus I could probably get you $.1/bu bin rent, that would get you another 24 K. If you were interested in renting the shop, probably 20K ish provided there is water I could get out at Volume.

Let's just say 2.25M for this year.

Looks to me like if you liquidate the equipment, sight unseen, you're looking at another 1.5 -2M

I'd definitely be interested in renting that.

Wait, wait, wait. So you're saying that my annual stipend for Kansas would go up from $250,000 to $2,750,000 with only a little contract signing work? If that's the case, I might enjoy living on an isolated farm.

But still...how am I going to spend that money? Garden City is 99.9 miles away, so I can get there.

Maybe I'd devote my time to building a giant pyramid or something.

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 11:48 AM

And wait - if I got a $25 million loan at 5 percent (just guessing), that's a payment of $1.25 million per year. And you'd pay me $2.25 million a year to use the land?

(Logs onto checking account to check balance.)

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 11:55 AM

Farm ownership loans are at 2.5 percent from the USDA.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/n...ural-producers

**Buehler445** · 10-14-2021, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wait, wait, wait. So you're saying that my annual stipend for Kansas would go up from $250,000 to $2,750,000 with only a little contract signing work? If that's the case, I might enjoy living on an isolated farm.

But still...how am I going to spend that money? Garden City is 99.9 miles away, so I can get there.

Maybe I'd devote my time to building a giant pyramid or something.

Yeah. At 5.25 corn.

Colby has reasonable amenities, but nothing to do. Real answer is a personal chef and a helicopter, then build whatever you want to do. Unless you want to get to **** you money, then we can work the lease a little harder, leverage the equity in land, buy a bunch of other farms, and after their paid off, then you can have **** you money on the back of my labor.

**Buehler445** · 10-14-2021, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Farm ownership loans are at 2.5 percent from the USDA.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/n...ural-producers

Yeah, you won't qualify for those.

MagicHef · 10-14-2021, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Farm ownership loans are at 2.5 percent from the USDA.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/n...ural-producers

If you do this, I want in.

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah, you won't qualify for those.

Is it because of those emails that I sent to Gruden?

We'll figure this out. Maybe we can mobilize the chiefsplanet investing club. I think your labor can make me - er, us - a rich man.

**Rain Man** · 10-14-2021, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagicHef

If you do this, I want in.

You're in. We've got momentum building.

**Buehler445** · 10-14-2021, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Is it because of those emails that I sent to Gruden?

We'll figure this out. Maybe we can mobilize the chiefsplanet investing club. I think your labor can make me - er, us - a rich man.

If you can get it from a bank, it's better. USDA sucks.

DJ's left nut · 10-14-2021, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Dog

Damn it....I was hoping this was going to be the Kansas entry so I could keep arrowhead within 100 miles....zero interest in Sharon Springs...if we're talking driving distance, I can't even get to Garden City....

https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-...ld-water-park/

Now THAT place would get my vote...

View Poll Results: Which one do you pick?
Kansas + $250,000 annual stipend	13	23.64%
Delaware + $441,000 annual stipend	39	70.91%
Gosh, I can't decide.	3	5.45%
Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

10-14-2021, 10:38 AM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3048491 VARSITY	Mansionmania Tournament: Round 1, Heat 12 Mansionmania continues. I'm going to show you the most expensive homes in every state and a few territories, with a few extras thrown in from the largest states to get the tourney up to 64. It'll be a single-elimination tournament. You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions: The purchase price for you is $0. All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, and cleaning is included. You must live in the home for the rest of your life. You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year. You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll. You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room. You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside. I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood. Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me. Your entries in this heat are: Kansas: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...8_M98451-43225 Delaware: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...0_M58295-90451
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10-14-2021, 11:13 AM	#16
Kiimo MVP Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Studio City, CA Casino cash: $3808742	This is the first heat where I would turn down the offer entirely. I'm good.
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10-14-2021, 11:25 AM	#19
Old Dog Supporter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Central Kansas Casino cash: $4565131	Damn it....I was hoping this was going to be the Kansas entry so I could keep arrowhead within 100 miles....zero interest in Sharon Springs...if we're talking driving distance, I can't even get to Garden City.... https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-...ld-water-park/
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10-14-2021, 11:36 AM	#20
Perineum Ripper Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $1659542	Give me Kansas, I love being alone and like farming. Perfect combination for me, well the Wyoming house is my dream house but this would do
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10-14-2021, 11:48 AM	#22
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3048491 VARSITY	And wait - if I got a $25 million loan at 5 percent (just guessing), that's a payment of $1.25 million per year. And you'd pay me $2.25 million a year to use the land? (Logs onto checking account to check balance.) __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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10-14-2021, 11:55 AM	#23
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3048491 VARSITY	Farm ownership loans are at 2.5 percent from the USDA. https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/n...ural-producers __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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