Mr. Tloubatla successfully outbid several others to land the half-built house for a little over a million under its estimated worth. Super excited as he was he slapped down a R1 million deposit and started looking forward to a lavish lifestyle living in the mansion. Too bad he didn’t talk to his financial manager about it first. Four months after he won the bid he’s had to cancel it and forfeit the deposit due to lack of funds.