It’s been a while since Jim Bob Duggar has been able to bring in money by appearing on a reality show, but he’s still finding other ways to stay flush with cash – especially now. It looks like he just closed a real estate deal with Walmart, which is headquartered in the Duggars’ home state of Arkansas, that netted him nearly $5 million.
Arkansas Business was the first to report the deal on March 31. Walmart purchased over 16 acres of land in Tontitown, Arkansas, from Jim Bob for $4.7 million, and because he and wife Michelle Duggar paid just $600,000 when they bought it in the first place, they’ve made quite a tidy profit from the deal.
At the same time, Walmart also acquired another 27.45 acres from a company called Five J. Farms run by William Jackson Butt II and James McClelland Jr. but believed to have ties to Jim Bob’s family, so there’s a chance he pulled in an additional $5.66 million (or some portion of it) through the deal as well.
There’s yet another way this sale could benefit the family: The land that Walmart bought is next to Duggar-owned car lot Champion Motorcars, so having a booming business nearby certainly could help them bring even more customers in.
Although starring in 19 Kids & Counting and Counting On certainly helped the Duggars amass their fortune, real estate has been something Jim Bob has been making money from for years. Back in 2021, The U.S. Sun reported that Jim Bob was sitting on a gold mine between the properties he was flipping and the retail properties he owned and rented out, and that’s just what we know about!
All in all, this is a major win for Jim Bob – and deals like this do help it make a bit more sense that he’s managed to continue bringing in money long after TLC cut ties with the Duggars. That $600k land investment really did pay off!
