So, they have a spiffy 2 bedroom in Miami they are giving away this time around. What happens if someone wins it. Can you take the money instead, do you find an agent and rent it out or sell it? Find a job and move in [and pack a family of illegal immigrants in the second bedroom to afford the co-op payment?] How much would this cost to live in, anyway?
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In lieu of taking title to the HGTV Urban Oasis Home, Grand Prize Winner will have the option of receiving $750,000.00 in cash.
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The vast majority of contests have a cash option.
Here is the story of one winner who foolishly decided to keep the house and move in.
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What I find particularly creepy is that the couple had to put in surveillance cameras to monitor their children because the house was so big, even including cameras in their bedrooms. I can’t imagine what it would be like to grow up under constant video surveillance of your parents.