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Don Hanky the Subprime Lender vs. Billionaire Nile Niami

from #290 - Let's Take A Beat | The Tim Dillon Show · #290

4 min

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Tim digs into the biographies of lender Don Hanky and developer Nile Niami, portraying Hanky as an unglamorous 'used car salesman' billionaire who got stiffed by the Hollywood-adjacent Niami, and speculates on who the mystery buyer of the mansion might be.

In this bit8 moments
  • Tim roots for Don Hanky the hard money lender over billionaire Nile Niami despite Hanky's rough appearance.
  • No matter how much money Don Hanky has, society treats him like scum—he carries the permanent stink of used cars.
  • Don Hanky got swindled into lending money to Nile, a Hollywood playboy real estate developer and film producer.
  • Even as a billionaire, Hanky isn't welcome in country clubs or high society—they just don't want him anywhere.
  • The mansion was expected to hit the market at $500 million when first built; they were mentally ill.
  • Tim speculates the buyer will be either a Saudi, Qatari, UAE national, or someone from China, not a Russian oligarch.
  • Wealthy foreign buyers hide their identity behind offshore company names unless they specifically want public recognition.
  • David Dobrik is currently embedded fighting with the Azov Nazi Ukrainian battalion against the Russians.
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Don HankyDavid DobrikWestlake Financial ServicesNancy Pelosi

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