I wasn't exactly up to date on the financial stuff with Tori before watching the show, but I did grasp that she wasn't left a whole lot of money when daddy dear passed away apparently. However, when they showed her on the view, Baba Wawa made the point of saying something like "$850,000 isn't exactly poor." I know that they were on a "budget" when house hunting, but of course their budget and normal people's budgets are probably no where near close.