Your example only works because it's so extreme, it's enough income for a dozen people to become rich instantly, even if they all start from 0. By contrast, a

Your example only works because it's so extreme, it's enough income for a dozen people to become rich instantly, even if they all start from 0. By contrast, a house in a "super nice" neighborhood along with multiple private school tuitions can easily eat up the entirety of the $250k/yr income, leaving that guy actually broke in the end.