Tiger's ex wife Elin Nordegren buys property, demolishes home on property

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So the real outrage in this thread is because we all think her divorce money is unfair, and it's not right for someone to get filthy rich off the back of someone else right?

From an economic point of view, a house is the biggest purchase you will ever make, a safe investment if done right, and I'm willing to bet that she can build a house valued at $20-30 million in Palm beach on that lot.

I think I would also spend 20% of my wealth in a physical estate, especially when I have $80 million remaining to play with. I'll damn well make sure it is customized to my liking.
 
CrazyDogg77 said:
I'm serious.
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Being a model = being beautiful + having the right connections. If you're a famous model the hours may be long but it's not 'work'. You don't sweat, or think, or do anything that requires more than a minimal physical/mental output. It's not like models have to stand up for 15 hours straight and overexert themselves. And anyone can go to a university. Many, many people on neogaf alone have done more work than this.

Compared to spending 25+ years of your life on 1 thing in order to be the best player in your sport on the planet. The amount of time and work spent on the former is not even close to the latter.

That's not to say she didn't earn whatever money she earned from modeling. Just that being beautiful doesn't = being rich since one requires much more of a person than the other. (Unless you're born into a rich family obviously). I don't think athletes should get the money they get anyway though, and I don't know how much money models make but I'd bet they're almost certainly overpriced as well.

btw I also think Woods is an idiot, and if he wanted to have sex with other women should've divorced her before all that. Not getting a pre-nup is the main stupidity though. Even if she doesn't 'deserve' the money he made, they got married and it is what it is. I'm not crying tears for Woods he's still filthy rich. Demolishing a 12 million$ home is definitely sickening though no matter who does it.
 
people just don't stay in model level shape without hard work. What a silly point to argue though.
 
Angry Fork said:
Being a model = being beautiful + having the right connections. If you're a famous model the hours may be long but it's not 'work'. You don't sweat, or think, or do anything that requires more than a minimal physical/mental output. It's not like models have to stand up for 15 hours straight and overexert themselves. And anyone can go to a university. Many, many people on neogaf alone have done more work than this.
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I honestly have zero interest in engaging in a pissing match in regards to which endeavors are more worthwhile when compared to others -- especially when we're talking about professional golf versus professional modeling, but just because you (I'm being presumptuous) and I sit on the sidelines lamenting that we weren't born with "beautiful people" genes doesn't actually mean that it's all the luck of the draw. Again, we might sit there and scoff at what a waste of time it is, but I'm willing to bet that more work goes into being stunningly beautiful than you're giving credit for.
 
Kind of silly comparing modeling to golfing.

Models have to eat right, work out all the time, work on posing/expressions and compete in an oversaturated market. There's lots of pretty girls out there so it's hard to stand out and really make a lot of money.

But yeah, if you compare it to a guy that spent all day and night practicing golf for 25 years it seems easy. Most jobs would :)
 
Angry Fork said:
Being a model = being beautiful + having the right connections. If you're a famous model the hours may be long but it's not 'work'. You don't sweat, or think, or do anything that requires more than a minimal physical/mental output. It's not like models have to stand up for 15 hours straight and overexert themselves. And anyone can go to a university. Many, many people on neogaf alone have done more work than this.

Compared to spending 25+ years of your life on 1 thing in order to be the best player in your sport on the planet. The amount of time and work spent on the former is not even close to the latter.

That's not to say she didn't earn whatever money she earned from modeling. Just that being beautiful doesn't = being rich since one requires much more of a person than the other. (Unless you're born into a rich family obviously). I don't think athletes should get the money they get anyway though, and I don't know how much money models make but I'd bet they're almost certainly overpriced as well.

btw I also think Woods is an idiot, and if he wanted to have sex with other women should've divorced her before all that. Not getting a pre-nup is the main stupidity though. Even if she doesn't 'deserve' the money he made, they got married and it is what it is. I'm not crying tears for Woods he's still filthy rich. Demolishing a 12 million$ home is definitely sickening though no matter who does it.
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Do you actually know any models? And just because many people on GAF have gone beyond college/University does not make it any less difficult.
 
Darkness said:
Kind of silly comparing modeling to golfing.

Models have to eat right, work out all the time, work on posing/expressions and compete in an oversaturated market. There's lots of pretty girls out there so it's hard to stand out and really make a lot of money.

But yeah, if you compare it to a guy that spent all day and night practicing videogames for 25 years it seems easy. Most jobs would :)
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Fixed for GAF perspective. Doesn't seem so hard now, does it?

I don't think either of them need to worry about back-breaking labour in the midday sun.
 
Angry Fork said:
Being a model = being beautiful + having the right connections. If you're a famous model the hours may be long but it's not 'work'. You don't sweat, or think, or do anything that requires more than a minimal physical/mental output. It's not like models have to stand up for 15 hours straight and overexert themselves. And anyone can go to a university. Many, many people on neogaf alone have done more work than this.

Compared to spending 25+ years of your life on 1 thing in order to be the best player in your sport on the planet. The amount of time and work spent on the former is not even close to the latter.

That's not to say she didn't earn whatever money she earned from modeling. Just that being beautiful doesn't = being rich since one requires much more of a person than the other. (Unless you're born into a rich family obviously). I don't think athletes should get the money they get anyway though, and I don't know how much money models make but I'd bet they're almost certainly overpriced as well.

btw I also think Woods is an idiot, and if he wanted to have sex with other women should've divorced her before all that. Not getting a pre-nup is the main stupidity though. Even if she doesn't 'deserve' the money he made, they got married and it is what it is. I'm not crying tears for Woods he's still filthy rich. Demolishing a 12 million$ home is definitely sickening though no matter who does it.
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That probably happens a lot actually.


But yeah, compared to Tiger's efforts and output, it's nothing. But as stated, most things are.
 
I liked her better when she was the infallible wife to a demonic husband...and it didn't make any sense why an angel would marry a man so flawed. It was some kind of fluke. In other words, I liked her better when I didn't think at all about what kind of woman would be in the position she put herself in.
 
Mr. B Natural said:
I liked her better when she was the infallible wife to a demonic husband...and it didn't make any sense why an angel would marry a man so flawed. It was some kind of fluke. In other words, I liked her better when I didn't think at all about what kind of woman would be in the position she put herself in.
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I skimmed most of this thread, but probably missed some important nuggets of information. Aside from demolishing expensive homes presumably for no other reason than she's got more practically stolen money from her ex-husband than she knows what to do with*, what other loathsome acts is she committing?

*Just in case it's not clear, yes, that passage is meant to be read facetiously.
 
The house she puts in it's place better be bad ass, or I'm totally going to snub her at the next millionaire's dinner.
 
Mr. B Natural said:
Considering the place sold for 12 million and that's clearly a multi-million dollar house, I'm gonna go with "no."
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It's only 'clearly a multi-million dollar house' because of the grounds. Demolish those $400k of building materials, reclaim what you can and then start again.

She'll probably make money from 'The House That Tiger('s divorce) Built'.
 
SmokyDave said:
It's only 'clearly a multi-million dollar house' because of the grounds. Demolish those $400k of building materials, reclaim what you can and then start again.

She'll probably make money from 'The House That Tiger('s divorce) Built'.
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No, this is clearly the case of someone being capricious having acquired boatloads of money they neither earned nor deserve. I'm sure she's just calling these shots without a moment of deliberation. She'll probably tear down the new house she builds because she won't like the countertops or something. That's what spoiled people who don't understand what it means to hit a golf ball better than anyone else on the planet and thus get endorsement deals do with their ill-gotten money.

I bet not one single real estate or financial adviser was consulted during this process.
 
She should have built an additional house instead of tearing down the existing one and rebuilding. What we need is a greater supply of houses in the US. We don't have nearly enough. :P
 
Steve Youngblood said:
No, this is clearly the case of someone being capricious having acquired boatloads of money they neither earned nor deserve. I'm sure she's just calling these shots without a moment of deliberation. She'll probably tear down the new house she builds because she won't like the countertops or something. That's what spoiled people who don't understand what it means to hit a golf ball better than anyone else on the planet and thus get endorsement deals do with their ill-gotten money.

I bet not one single real estate or financial adviser was consulted during this process.
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So? Rich people spending money frivolously keeps people employed.
 
seriously, where were all of you with this fake outrage when the Steve Jobs demolishes a house thread was up earlier this year?

ah, sorry youngblood...
 
I would have turned it into an orphanage, and then moved into a 2 story home built on a corner of the land, next to a garden. But that's why people like me don't end up with hundreds of millions of dollars from a divorce.

^^ yes I thought steve was being steve when he did that. And steve annoyed me.
 
levious said:
seriously, where were all of you with this fake outrage when the Steve Jobs demolishes a house thread was up earlier this year?

ah, sorry youngblood...
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LOL, that is actually a great story in his autobiography. He bought that house, which was considered some historical landmark (even though it has been added on to like 4 times) and they wouldn't let him tear it down. So he simply left it to decay with the windows open so rain could come in, etc until it was beyond repair. Then he tore it down.

Genius.
 
SmokyDave said:
It's only 'clearly a multi-million dollar house' because of the grounds. Demolish those $400k of building materials, reclaim what you can and then start again.

She'll probably make money from 'The House That Tiger('s divorce) Built'.
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She bought the house at 12 million. That is clearly a multimillion dollar house. The value of all the materials needed to build the house means nothing. Absolutely positively nothing. That house, in palm beach, would cost millions of dollars even without the land. To say the value is in the land is nonsense. She bought a multimillion dollar home and demolished it, thus wasting a multitude of millions of dollars out of what is only 12 million dollars total. If she bought the place for 30 mil, then I'd see the point that the value is in the land.

And let's not add the millions of dollars it's going to take to demolish, design and rebuild a new multi-million dollar home.
I agree, though, that she may be able to use her celebrity to boost the value of the home. But she's no Michael Jackson or John Lennon. She, I would hope, can't sell her shoes or kleenex on ebay for 100k or whatever.

And, to me, it's not about money, it's about values and the type of personality that would imagine buying a gorgeous multi-million dollar home just to demolish it. What kind of person would even consider that as an option? It says far too much about her...the woman that was a role-model for strength and integrity not so long ago.
 
Mr. B Natural said:
And, to me, it's not about money, it's about values and the type of personality that would imagine buying a gorgeous multi-million dollar home just to demolish it. What kind of person would even consider that as an option? It says far too much about her...the woman that was a role-model for strength and integrity not so long ago.
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=422157

now go piss on his grave...


Can't tell if some of you are joking or are just this naive about things.
 
Mr. B Natural said:
She bought the house at 12 million. That is clearly a multimillion dollar house. The value of all the materials needed to build the house means nothing. Absolutely positively nothing.
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I disagree. Unless the US property market is somehow radically different from the UK, you're wrong.
 
Rich people do weird shit with their money. News at 11.
I can't understand the outrage, it's not like she demolished an orphanage, built a house on a Panda reservation or burned a rainforest down.

She bought property she liked and demolished the house on it, which she didn't like.
By doing so, she created jobs. Be thankful she doesn't sit on that money instead.
 
Lol funny thread, I'm guessing she has some plans for the land that could not be met without starting from scratch.

Seems pretty acceptable to me, hells if I had $100 million in the bank, I'd probably do the same thing - I would want a recording studio, and that would mandate flattening whatever was there in the 1st place.

Rarified heights, different rules.

I'm just about to replace my existing kitchen to the tune of 12k, and I'm sure some people would think my existing kitchen was fine - when you factor in the interest you earn on $100 million, i'd reckon my kitchen is probably a bigger percentage of my worth than her knocking down that house.

My 2c
 
scar tissue said:
I can't understand the outrage, it's not like she demolished an orphanage, built a house on a Panda reservation or burned a rainforest down.
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someone earlier made a good point, this is much better than building on previously undeveloped land. Outrage is because she got money from a divorce, can't see it any other way.
 
levious said:
someone earlier made a good point, this is much better than building on previously undeveloped land. Outrage is because she got money from a divorce, can't see it any other way.
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The bolded part is a good point. Can't really get mad at her though, it's his fucking fault if he didn't insist on a prenup. She can do whatever she wants with the money.
And the alternative to this isn't donating the money. You just know that's not an option for the majority of rich people.
The alternative is spending it on blood diamonds, fur, teak wood furniture and similar shit. Or, as you mentioned, buying undeveloped land and destroying nature.
Now THAT would be worthy of an outrage.
 
levious said:
someone earlier made a good point, this is much better than building on previously undeveloped land. Outrage is because she got money from a divorce, can't see it any other way.
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Seems like the only reason, people didn't give a shit when there was a thread about Jobs doing the same thing.
 
levious said:
people just don't stay in model level shape without hard work. What a silly point to argue though.
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I know a model. She doesn't work out and she stays in fantastic shape. She hasn't squeezed out any kids like the former Mrs. Woods but thats still pretty good.
 
It sure is easy to spend money you didn't earn. She was a fucking nanny and now she is burning millions like its nothing. Divorce settlements need to be capped when one party was bringing in most of the money
 
levious said:
seriously, where were all of you with this fake outrage when the Steve Jobs demolishes a house thread was up earlier this year?

ah, sorry youngblood...
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It's hard to summon up outrage for that since he EARNED his money. Why is it so hard for people to understand this?

PS: I bet if you pull up the Federline threads, you'll see the same folks here trashing Elin trashing him. Conversely, I bet the same folks defending Elin spending Tiger's money frivolously were defending Britney and bashing K-Fed lol
 
Cloudy said:
It sure is easy to spend money you didn't earn. She was a fucking nanny and now she is burning millions like its nothing. Divorce settlements need to be capped when one party was bringing in most of the money
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Or sign a pre-nup or don't get married if you can't keep from fucking other people if that's what's expected of you.
 
But did the pool at the house have a slide?? This is very important as it will decide if I am mad or not.

You cant just destroy a slide, ugh.
 
I don't see the problem, she bought the house and land... she can do whatever she wants. This thread is full of green skinned, jealous haters.
 
Cloudy said:
It's hard to summon up outrage for that since he EARNED his money. Why is it so hard for people to understand this?
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sure, so if I earn my money, I can do what I want, if I win the lottery, then I'm subject to public criticism with my finances? Or is this just immature whining about divorce?
 
MrJames said:
Teardowns are pretty common especially on oceanfront property like this. I'd say the land is most of that $12 million.

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Tiger did a teardown on three properties when he built his new place.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/d...-into-swank-new-home-practice?urn=golf-330963
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goddamn.
 
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