- Quentin Tarantino once warned fellow Hollywood director Eli Roth, “Don’t buy a house as soon as you’re successful.” A mansion in the suburbs may be the ultimate status symbol, proving that you’ve made it, but the Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction filmmaker thinks it’ll make you an employee to your mortgage—and it was all Roth could think of, after his first hugely successful film, Hostel, hit $80 million at the box office.
Whether it’s a sprawling estate in the suburbs complete with a pool or a penthouse apartment overlooking Manhattan, luxurious real estate is the ultimate symbol of success. But the hefty mortgage that comes with it will leave you trapped chasing paychecks, Hollywood icon Quentin Tarantino warns.
