How Do They Fund Their Operations?

Ah, they're thieves. They steal lots of money on their various jobs, give most of it to the client, but there's plenty left for them to fund the next job. Don't forget, on their very first job, they each walked away with a check for 32 million dollars. That's 32 MILLION dollars. EACH. Now, Nate gave most of his away, but the others hung onto theirs. Plus, the four others all have ill gotten gains left from their efforts previous to joining the crew. Plus, they may be engaging in other jobs that provide further income. They're definitely not having a hard time paying the bills. Remember that Tara got paid for every job she participated in. Well, the same money that provided her "cut" would have been there for the other four.

I hope that clarifies things for you.



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In their first job they each made around 32 million. Nate used some of his to buy the first headquarters and Hardison paid for all the tech. Subsequent headquarters and tech have been owned by Hardison. He buys the whole building and thus would get any rent from other tenants. For instance in the episode where Parker breaks her leg the woman who comes to help her references the fact that Hardison owns the bar downstairs from the last headquarters.

Plus they have refenced the fact that each of them still do small cons on their free time. Hardison, for instance, skims money from large bank accounts.

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They state on the show they get their money from an alternative revenue stream. Like the insider trading that made them so much money on their first job, when they go after corporations they have insider information that will allow them to make money. It's why that one billionaire, Latimer, wanted a heads-up on what corporations they would be going after --- the information is valuable.

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As others have mentioned the bulk of it came from the big job where Hardison invested the money and they each many tons off of that. But they each were thieves in their own right before this connection came about so many had money and valuables stashed away already. Remember the one episode where Sophie took Nate to her stash of valuables/collections? Where she hid the 2nd david I think it was. Sophie was well connected around the world through her many aliases.

Also they do steal from others sometimes to get the job done (not that it necessarily makes it any more right). Such as stealing cars or boats or blowing stuff up etc. Usually they are stealing from the mark though to then steal his money or whatever to fund the job.

But overall they don't want to profit per se from the jobs they want that money to be given to those who need it. They all have plenty of money and honestly they enjoy the jobs like others enjoy rock climbing. It's a game for them.