![]() ![]() He explained: “My understanding is the folks who are holding out is similar to any reason why would anyone would have held out-it's the best school districts in the area, and they have kids in school. There is one home left on the street that Donaldson has yet to snap up, with Bowden speculating it's because the family's children have yet to finish their years at school. ![]() And he wasn’t gonna buy it, if it wasn’t worth his while,” Bowden said. “We negotiated back and forth and it had to be worth my while. Only I could get canceled for giving people a place to live with no strings attached.Īll these company town tweets make no sense, I was just helping some people □Īaron Bowden, who sold his home to the entrepreneur last year, told the Post that MrBeast had shared his plans to move members of his family and staff into the properties. MrBeast's housebuying endeavor began with the purchase of his own home in 2018-a four-bedroom, four-bathroom property for approximately $320,000, according to records obtained by the New York Post.ĭonaldson now owns a total of five properties in the cul de sac: A second property was purchased in 2020 for $263,000 and three more were bought off-market for a combined total of $1.45 million. However he was slammed for filming the experience and posting it on YouTube, with critics saying he was “making content out of people who can’t see.” Donaldson Drive In February, the well-intentioned video star revealed he had paid for 1,000 people to get their sight back at a cost of potentially millions of dollars. So far the organization has distributed more than six million pounds of food to more than 319 million people, and gifted $3 million of aid to Ukrainian refugees last summer.īut the housebuying scheme isn't the first time Donaldson has landed himself in hot water for one of his projects. The generous move isn't a new habit for the 25-year-old, who launched Beast Philanthropy in 2017 with a mission statement of: "Feed those who are hungry. MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has reportedly been buying up property in Greenville-a city in his home state-over the past couple of years.īut the move has been criticized by commentators online, who slammed the move as being cultlike and predicted that the online personality would begin to control the inhabitants' lives. That was the response from YouTube's biggest star MrBeast following reports that the North Carolina man was buying a neighborhood to house his staff and members of his family. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year-all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house? Here's how much to save This is how much money you need to earn annually to comfortably buy a $600,000 home "Only I could get canceled for giving people a place to live with no strings attached." ![]()
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