Hollywood vs Reality: Mortgage Edition

Did Hollywood actually get mortgages right?

In this episode of Make Money Count, Marcus and Justin react to some of Hollywood's most famous mortgage moments, and the gap between fiction and reality is bigger (and smaller) than you'd expect.

We break down:

• What subprime really meant in The Big Short, and why it's not the same as today's A-minus or alt-A lending
• How that "bartender to boat owner" mockumentary clip wasn't far off from real predatory lending practices
• Why Jimmy Stewart's savings and loan speech in It's a Wonderful Life still holds up as a banking lesson
• The real cost behind a foreclosure, from both the investor's side and the homeowner's side
• The one rule that separates a smooth renovation loan from a Money Pit style budget disaster

This episode isn't your usual rate breakdown, it's Hollywood's biggest mortgage moments, fact checked by two people who actually do this for a living.

Watch till the end, you might never see these movies the same way again.