I'm new to the show,I'm on season four and they have just moved into thieir massives houses. How are they affording them when none of them have a job. They have mswc but the have said it isn't doing well. So is it the money from the show? Seems strange to me.
We built chip city! uh uh! we built chip city on all your dough!
It's been debated since the show began about their finances. Since you're on season four then you already know that Meri was employed but lost her job when the show started. Meri recently started selling clothes online I believe. Janelle has always been employed but now she's in, I believe, real estate. Robyn runs Sister Wives Closet but it indeed isn't that great nor a major source of income from them. Christine has never had a job. I think they are still with LIV International as well, which is a pyramid scheme. I've read articles that suggest they get at least $50,000 per episode for the show. Most of us here, the ones of us who have watched from the beginning, think TLC footed most of the bill for their 4 homes. DesertDude can explain about the homes better than I can.
shareTheir finances are vastly different now than when the show started. Their main source of income is the show. However, their income is complex and no one really knows what they have or are earning. They earn money from the show, LIV International, which Terrie mentioned and Sister Wives Closet. SWC seems to have been taken over by someone else, but it does still bear their name. They wrote a book and no one knows what they earned from that, but it was substantial. Also, until this season, you had to pay to watch SW reruns. I don't know if they made anything from that or not. The other things probably don't bring in that much money if any, like Janelle selling real estate. In addition, they get free swag and discounts in exchange for publicity. Anything on the show is paid for by TLC. We know Kody got at least a car from LIV International. As far as the houses, there is no record of outstanding liens against them. If there was any financing of the houses, it was done privately. I have 2 theories - either they are paying TLC or the houses were totally paid for through various ways - maybe the book sales and/or partly TLC. They live modest lifestyles, so the only big money expenditures they have are living expenses and college. That is a lot, but I still think they have money in the bank.
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