They have to prove on paper they have enough legitimate income to afford whatever house they live in. Not going to be very smart if you have "beer salesman" on your W-2 making $40K a year and living in a 1.4 million house. Even with today's out of control prices. I'm more curious as to what happens to all the $$$$ and assets/properties when these guys pass away. Someone like Tony Accardo must have been worth an absolute fortune on paper. He was living in mansions with a bowling alley and indoor pool...look at that photo of the "dining room" they had in the basement of one of those houses where there's like 40 or 50 people sitting at that gigantic round table eating a meal.